Contraband of Brothers 0
A ceremony yesterday commemorated an event from a century ago (long story at the link): Three slaves escaped from working on Confederate defenses and fled to Fort Monroe, Virginia.
Today, we would say that they sought asylum. The Union forces did not know what to do.
In the weeks and months after Butler’s ruling, thousands of former slaves marched into Union hands.
Today, persons descended from those men and women celebrate their having been classified as “akin to enemy horses or cannon” and consider it to have been a step up from their previous status.
“Singing in the fields” my anatomy.
