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Subject:	Yorktown (was Re: Surrender at Yorktown to be Commemorated October 18-22, 2006)
From:	Eric Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:15:44 -0400
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In a vein related to this discussion, Yorktown during and after the Civil
War was also the site of a large community of freed slaves called
"Slabtown."  Roughly 70,000 freedmen and women settled there in a sort of
encampment where among other things they were given schooling and
agricultural training by Quaker volunteers.  The community originated, if
memory serves, from those who were freed when George B. McClellan and the
Army of the Potomac came up the peninsula in 1862.

The fascinating history of this area needs to be more widely known!

All my best,

--Eric

Eric D. M. Johnson
Proprietor
The Village Factsmith Historical Research & Consulting
http://www.factsmith.com/
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