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Fort Monroe National Monument
Hampton, VA
Known as "Freedom's Fortress," Fort Monroe was a Union-held fort in Confederate territory during the Civil War. It became a sanctuary for enslaved people seeking freedom and was designated a "contraband of war" camp, setting an important precedent for emancipation.
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The myth this site refutes: that enslaved and oppressed people accepted their condition. Every stone here is evidence of refusal.
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