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1) As the Union army advanced south during the Civil War, many slaves fled plantations and entered Union lines. This created contraband camps to house refugees near the lines. 2) Generals like Butler and Grant realized the value of employing contraband labor for the army while denying it to the Confederacy. They established camps and systems for organizing refugee labor. 3) Many contraband camps became permanent post-war African American communities, like at Davis Bend in Louisiana which was set up as a

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Jane Davis

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