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Corsets and Contraband: African American Women’s Labor in the Fight for Freedom
October 25 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Free – $5
Stop by Hogshead Trades Museum for a special program highlighting the courageous contributions of African American women during the Civil War.
Meet living historians and hear the compelling stories of three extraordinary women:
- Lucy Ann Walker: The Clothesline Spy
- Mary Bowser: The Confederate White House Black Dispatcher
- Mary Louvestre: The Ironclad Informant
Hear how “women’s work” became a foundation for Union victory and freedom and how labor served as acts of resistance, intelligence gathering, and survival.
Drop in any time between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm for this exciting program offering.
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