Contraband Camps

Contraband Camps

“Contraband” was a description used to describe what was once enemy property. Thousands of escaped slaves were known as contraband. Two camps, Wadsworth and Beckwith, were established in Fairfax County where the contrabands were housed and paid to farm to feed the Union Army. Charitable organizations established schools at the camps.

https://boundarystones.weta.org/2015/04/07/contraband-camps-northern-virginia

Contraband Camps of Northern Virginia by Mark Jones April 7, 2015 video and text.