AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
5min chapter
Civil War | Finding Freedom | 8
American History Tellers
The History of the Confederacy
Three enslaved men make their way to fortress monroe in virginia, and they show up at the camp. They offer to volunteer for service, to enlist, or to even work for the army so they don't have to go back to the man who's holding them in bondage. Their enslaver is hot on their trail; he knows that one of the things that escaping people are doing is trying to make it to union lines. So what the general at the camp eventually does as he decides he's not going to send them back, especially to confederate forces. He establishes this policy of contraband. And so what he establishes is that they are enemy property because they are being
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode