Contraband - Hari Jones
Curator of the African American Civil War Museum Hari Jones discusses the term "contraband," its origin, and its meaning during the Civil War era.
Related Resources
- Emancipation Proclamation Home
- "For a Vast Future Also:" Lincoln and the Millennium
- "Thenceforward and Forever Free:" The Emancipation Proclamation and Its Effect on the War
- The National Archives Emancipation Proclamation
- Our Documents, View the Actual Document (NARA)
- Exhibit on the Emancipation Proclamation (LOC)
- Lincoln at 200: Emancipation Proclamation
Recommended Books
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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