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1864 Giving shelter to “contrabands”, freed slaves, in

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1864 Giving shelter to “contrabands”, freed slaves, in

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Heading: (1864 Giving shelter to “contrabands”, freed slaves, in Civil War Illinois)
Author: "Nancy"
Title: Giving shelter to freed slaves in Civil War Illinois
Place Published: No place (probably Illinois),
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Date Published: July 31 [probably 1864]
Description:

Autograph Letter Signed (“Nancy”). No place (probably Illinois), July 31 [probably 1864] 6pp.

The writer, who bemoans her marital problems and sick baby, found time for an act of uncommon charity during the Civil War: "… A Contraband friend of the man & wife we had live with us came out last year to recruit her health, and now she has come again to spend two weeks…Her friend lives in Dekalb this summer, brought his wife & her today so I got dinner for four darkeys while Ezekiel & Emma had gone to Meeting. The Collord Ladies live in Chicago so they came here with the best livery team they could get." The military term “contraband” was commonly used in the north after 1861 to describe escaped southern slaves who worked for the Union Army. It is rare to find an account of northern civilians who also gave hospitable shelter to such “contrabands”. Nancy and her family were possibly Quakers living in Illinois where Lincoln – and his Emancipation policies – had popular support.

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1864 Giving shelter to “contrabands”, freed slaves, in

Name: 1864 Giving shelter to “contrabands”, freed slaves, in
SKU: 29072221
Price: 120 USD
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