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Emancipation at Last. Lecture Outline. Abolitionists Military Commanders Benjamin Butler John C. Fremont David Hunter Congress 1 st Confiscation Act 2 nd Confiscation Act Lincoln Reaction African American Experience Contraband Camps Confiscated Plantations. Frederick Douglass.
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Lecture Outline • Abolitionists • Military Commanders • Benjamin Butler • John C. Fremont • David Hunter • Congress • 1st Confiscation Act • 2nd Confiscation Act • Lincoln • Reaction • African American Experience • Contraband Camps • Confiscated Plantations
Rappahannock River, Va. Fugitive African Americans fording the Rappahannock, Aug. 1862
Cumberland Landing, Va. Group of "contrabands" at Foller's houseMay 1862
1st South Carolina Volunteers on Review to Hear the Reading of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863.
Port Royal Island, S.C. African Americans preparing cotton for the gin on Smith's plantation