Book Signing: Char McCargo Bah – Alexandria's Freedmen's Cemetery: A Legacy of Freedom
Book Signing: Char McCargo Bah – Alexandria's Freedmen's Cemetery: A Legacy of Freedom
At the beginning of the Civil War, Federal troops secured Alexandria as Union territory. Former slaves, called contrabands, poured in to obtain protection from their former masters. Due to overcrowding, mortality rates were high. Authorities seized an undeveloped parcel of land on South Washington Street, and by March 1864, it had been opened as a cemetery for African Americans. Between 1864 and 1868, more than 1,700 contrabands and freedmen were buried there. For nearly eighty years, the cemetery lay undisturbed and was eventually forgotten.
Date and Time
Saturday Apr 27, 2019
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
April 27th, 2019
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Location
Winchester Book Gallery
Old Town Winchester
7 North Loudoun Street
Winchester, VA 22601
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