Freedom's Fortress

FAIN: FZ-287247-22

Tom Zoellner
Chapman University (Orange, CA 92866-1011)

Research and writing of a book on the camps formed by fugitive slaves near Union army positions during the U.S. Civil War, and their role in bringing about the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862.

An account of the "contraband camps" that sprung up in the early days of the U.S. Civil War and how their presence created the necessary pressure on the Lincoln Administration to declare full emancipation in Southern states.