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“Contraband Camps In St. Louis: A Contested Path To Freedom”, Jane M. Davis Nov 2011

“Contraband Camps In St. Louis: A Contested Path To Freedom”, Jane M. Davis

The Confluence (2009-2020)

During the Civil War, Union officers were sometimes inundated with former slaves, which the Union considered “contraband,” and refused to return them to their owners. Jane Davis examines these contraband camps in St. Louis.