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Remembering the Contraband & Their Descendants
Fort Monroe Visitor Center Ingalls Road, Fort Monroe, VA, United StatesThe Contraband Decision was the first successful action by the US Government which signaled the beginning of the end of slavery. The historic Chapel of the Centurion at Fort Monroe, the Contraband Historical Society will bring together local “Contraband” descendants with a 3rd-great-grandson of Major General Benjamin Butler. The Society annually commemorates this date in... View Article