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