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Hampton contrabands and slave life amid war tales
Excerpts depict contraband labor at Hampton and the mixed views on freedom from former slaves and their white overseers. Pierce’s narrative notes religion, discipline, family separations, and a longing for liberty, with reflections on race, culture, and the evolving bonds between enslaved people and Union forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilward
Pieris
le Babe
Dheir
Mr. Pierce
Torres
Magkant
Widop
Heneral Over
Resell
Landon Ther
de. Bellows
Sanitary 1 Commission
Wampton
Liman Belige
Iarey
Hampton
Bly Coush
Tey
Grey the Great
Romy
Ronning
Pierae
Henle
Elayes
Ohms
Moore
Apple
Cuba
Nayti
Joaeph Segar
Woubington
Heniptus
Gunseral Pierce
David
Virginia
Confederate States
Lincoln
South
Dean
Gof
Linccoln
Daniel
Ely
Marta Wort
Hatters
Rolijglova