Virginia · locality file

Hampton

4 dossiers on record ·

The record for Hampton opens with Fort Monroe and Emancipation Oak — 2 more files sit in the drawer below.

The moated fort where freedom began—Contraband of War, 1861.

The oak where the Proclamation was first read in the South—1863.

The 1728 church that survived the burning of Hampton—twice.

The fortress where "contraband" became freedom—the 1861 decision that opened the door to emancipation.