Hampton Dignitaries will be introduced by MCsġ1 AM: A procession of African dancers and drummers, African-American heritage groups, and community representatives will proceed through the Main Gate to the Parade Grounds honoring the many enslaved people who walked through the fort's gates on their path to freedom. WAVY-TV personalities Don Roberts and Anita Blanton Please come out and/or CONTRIBUTE to help keep this heritage alive! We need your help to celebrate this history which must not be forgotten, at our May 2019 event and beyond. The Contraband Historical Society is commemorating the first liberation of the enslaved in the Civil War, the historic "contraband decision" of 1861 at Fort Monroe. In this year 2019 of commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first Africans' arrival in English America - and which led to the coming of slavery to this country - we need to also celebrate the beginning of the end of slavery, in the very same place. We welcome you to “Freedom’s Fortress”.your Heritage of Freedom”ġ1 AM - 3 pm | Fort Monroe, 41 BERNARD ROAD Engs, James Hanesworth and others that each of you know and would like to remember them. Elnora Welbeck, and also those who worked to preserve the history and this Place like Mrs. Hollins and co-Founders like Sister Joan Charles – an extraordinary researcher, and Mrs. We also want to remember the Contraband Historical Society’s Founder Gerri L. We also want to remember those thousands of freedom seeking ‘Contrabands’ who followed–including some of your ancestors who traveled many miles to get here. Butler’s decision, not to return them to their enslaver. We honor those men Frank Baker, Shepard Mallory and James Townsend for their risk-taking initiative cemented by Major Benjamin F. May 24th, is Contraband Day as proclaimed in the City of Hampton. On behalf of the Contraband Historical Society, the National Park Service, along with the Fort Monroe Authority, and The City of Hampton we welcome you to the 160th Anniversary Commemorating “The Legacy of the Contraband Decision” here at Fortress Monroe.
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