American Civil War, Contraband, 1862

African-American slaves posed around a horse-drawn cart, with a building in the background, at the Cassina Point plantation of James Hopkinson on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Edisto Island during the American Civil War was the location of a number of minor engagements and for a time of a large colony of African-American escaped former slaves during the American Civil War. Edisto Island was largely abandoned by planters in 1861 and escaped slaves began setting up their own refugee camps there. In January 1862, armed African-Americans from the island and Confederate forces clashed and a Confederate raid in reprisal killed a small number of unarmed African-Americans. In February, Union forces were stationed on the island to develop it as a staging area for future campaigns against Charleston, as well as to protect the colony, which would eventually number thousands. No photographer credited, 1862

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Carolina Chattel Contraband Contrabands Escaped Fugitive Negro Negroes Runaway Secession Slaves

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