RESOURCES
collection of materials available to help.
ACADEMIA
INTERACTIVE CONTRABAND CAMP MAP, by Abigail Cooper, UPENN, 2014
https://repository.upenn.edu/hist_digital/1/AFRICAN AMERICAN CENSUS RECORDS 1850, 1860, 1870, Compiled by Joan Charles
African American Census Records 1850, 1860, 1870 Scan 2023-05-30_15-51-31.pdf
BOOKS
NEVER FORGET OUR PEOPLE WERE ALWAYS FREE, by Ben Jealous
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/never-forget-our-people-were-always-free-benjamin-todd-jealous?variant=40262289424418TROUBLED REFUGE: Struggling For Freedom In The Civil War, by Chandra Manning,
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/107197/troubled-refuge-by-chandra-manning/EMBATTLED FREEDOM: Journeys through the Civil Wars Slave Refugees Camps, by sAmy Murrell Taylor
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469643625/embattled-freedom/SEEKING FREEDOM: The Untold Story of Fort Monroe and the Ending of Slavery in America, by Selene Castrovilla
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/678971/seeking-freedom-by-selene-castrovilla-illustrated-by-eb-lewis/FIRST DAYS AMONGST THE CONTRABANDS, by Elizabeth Hyde Botume
https://library.missouri.edu/confederate/items/show/1708DIARY OF A CONTRABAND, by William B. Gould IV, Stanford University Press
https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=4824BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER: A Noisy, Fearless Life, by Elizabeth Leonard, UNC Press
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469668048/benjamin-franklin-butler/FREEDOM'S FIRST GENERATION: Black Hampton, Virginia, 1861-1890, by Robert Engs
https://www.fordhampress.com/9780823223640/freedoms-first-generation/SLEEPING WITH THE ANCESTORS: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery, by Joseph McGill Jr.
https://www.amazon.com/Sleeping-Ancestors-Followed-Footprints-Slavery-ebook/dp/B0BH4M1MNPENFRANCHISEMENT AND CITIZENSHIP, by Edward Lillie Pierce, 1896, Boston
https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/w6c3vgAACAAJ?hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtpdujkcX-AhUnFlkFHbBiABcQ7_IDegQIGxACLOTTIE'S COURAGE: A Contraband Slave's Story, by Phyllis Hall Haslip
http://www.whitemane.com/lotties-courage-a-contraband-slaves-story
FILMS, PODCASTS & DOCUMENTARIES
DINNER AND A MOVEMENT, a film by Mike Mines, Official Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3FtMOlf0vcBEYOND THE MOAT, Podcast, Fort Monroe
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fortmonroeINTERVIEWS, Dr. William Wiggins and other Podcasts
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mYbfKSlCxvI&feature=share
https://www.facebook.com/400YAAHC/videos/freedrom-forward-juneteenth-live-broadcast/762791588057403/
https://www.facebook.com/CasemateMuseum/posts/
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/24/753962646/marking-400-years-since-arrival-of-enslaved-africans https://www.npr.org/2019/08/23/753642877/it-was-400-years-ago-that-the-first-enslaved-africans-arrive-in-north-america https://www.dailypress.com/2020/02/23/listening-tour-for-african-landing-memorial-at-fort-monroe-kicks-off-from-washington-dc-to-
hampton-roads/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/13/us-slavery-400-years-virginia-point-comfort https://open.spotify.com/episode/4HSmY0iP9CAsqybbgOWPwi Fort Monroe 400 Years of History Podcast
https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/when-black-history-is-your-own/SEARCHING FOR SLABTOWN: The History and Archaeology of Hampton’s Grand Contraband Camp, Hampton History Museum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olKvlcROzkEBEN BUTLER, A play by Richard Strand
https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=5519IN THE TRUE BLUE/S WAKE: Slavery and Freedom among the Families of Smithfield Plantation
https://fb.watch/ndJsZ2awZA/
NEWSPAPER & MAGAZINE ARTICLES
THE CONTRABANDS AT FORT MONROE, Atlantic Magazine, November 1861
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1861/11/the-contrabands-at-fortress-monroe/628956/THE STORY OF A CONTRABAND, Atlantic Magazine, June 1875
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/archives/1875/06/35-212/131954929.pdfWILLIAM ROSCOR DAVIS SPEECH at the Cooper Institute
https://www.nytimes.com/1862/01/16/archives/the-story-of-a-contraband-interesting-lecture-by-an-escaped-slave.htmlANCIENT DNA REVEALS THE LIVING DESCENDANTS OF ENSLAVED PEOPLE THROUGH 23andMe, Nature Magazine, by Ewen Callaway
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02478-9
MUSEUMS, CEMETERIES, MEMORIALS and OTHER WEBSITES
ILLUMINATING SHADOWS PROJECT: Shining a light on those whose stories have been neglected in the shadows of history.
https://illuminatingshadows.org/LAST ROAD TO FREEDOM
https://lastroadtofreedom.org/the-digital-road-ahead/registers/FORT MONROE VISITOR AND EDUCATION CENTER
https://fortmonroe.org/place_to_visit/visitor-education-center/NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY PROJECT
https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/contraband-camps/CONTRABAND AND FREEDMEN CEMETERY MEMORIAL
https://www.alexandriava.gov/FreedmenMemorialLIVING CONTRABAND, National Park Service
https://www.nps.gov/articles/living-contraband-former-slaves-in-the-nation-s-capital-during-the-civil-war.htm#:~:text=This%20term%20meant%20that%20once,and%20would%20not%20be%20returnedBORN IN SLAVERY: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1938
https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/THE WPA AND THE SLAVE NARRATIVE COLLECTION
https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/articles-and-essays/introduction-to-the-wpa-slave-narratives/wpa-and-the-slave-narrative-collection/HAMPTON HISTORY MUSEUM
https://hampton.gov/91/History-of-CityNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
https://savingplaces.org/stories/the-forgotten-the-contraband-of-america-and-the-road-to-freedomWASHINGTON, D.C.'s "CONTRABAND" CAMPS, White House Historical Association
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/washington-d-c-s-contraband-campsVIRGINIA: Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery and Memorial
https://www.nps.gov/places/virginia-contrabands-and-freedmen-cemetery-and-memorial.htmTHE NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOR PEACE & JUSTICE
https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/memorialNATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE
https://nmaahc.si.edu/visit/plan-your-visitINTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
https://iaamuseum.org/WHEN BLACK HISTORY IS YOUR OWN
https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/when-black-history-is-your-own/CONTRABAND CAMPS ON THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-64TYU76zMCONTRABAND CAMPS, by Dr. Daud Watts, AA Scholar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkKtLpi5cmETHE ROOTS: Black Roots of Memorial Day
https://www.theroot.com/the-black-roots-of-memorial-day-1790875788
CHURCHES
HISTORIC BLACK CHURCH RISES FROM THE YORKTOWN CONTRABAND CAMP
https://www.dailypress.com/history/dp-nws-black-churches-shiloh-20130429-story.htmlTHIRD BAPTIST CHURCH, Hampton, Virginia
https://www.thirdbaptisthampton.org/THIRD-FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Founded 1863, Hampton, Virginia
https://thefbch.org/who-is-fbch/