The Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was a Civil War-era death camp. After the Civil War millions of freed Black ...

Though "contraband" slaves had been declared free ... But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed. The North was not only fighting to preserve the Union, it was fighting to end slavery.

The opening episode of Mercy Street season two introduces viewers to an early refugee crisis: the plight of runaway slaves in Civil War America. By directing the camera toward the contraband ...

They were considered contraband when the Union Army arrived ... was the first Black regiment to fight for the Union in the Civil War, Allen says. That famed regiment’s actions on the battlefield ...

Despite our current divisions and challenges, more than 150 years after a terrible Civil War, our nation perseveres ... search and seize vessels with contraband if necessary, which would ...