Searching for a Fortress Built by People Who Escaped Slavery

Matthew Hutson on Maroons—people who’d escaped slavery to live in the wilderness—and on the search to find the ruins of one of their fortresses in Georgia.

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Living Contraband - Former Slaves in the Nation's Capital During

The Road to Emancipation American Battlefield Trust

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Juneteenth and the Crooked Road to Emancipation

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Fort Monroe and the Contrabands of War (U.S. National Park Service)

Escaping slave hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

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