A town of freed slaves was destroyed to make Arlington cemetery
Heather Gilligan Senior Editor @Timeline_Now A town of freed slaves — on Robert E. Lee’s old estate — was destroyed to make Arlington cemetery Residents of Freedman’s Village reading books outside their barracks in Arlington, Virginia, between 1863 and 1865. (Library of Congress) Freedman’s Village was a haven for so-called ‘contraband’ people Sojourner Truth was outraged, but her feelings […]