When Confederate slaves rowed to this Virginia fort, they unknowingly set a precedent for the Emancipation Proclamation

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Three Slaves’ Midnight Flight That Transformed America

Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia holds the key to understanding how three enslaved men changed American history forever.

On May 23, 1861, Frank Baker, Shepard Mallory, and James Townsend rowed across Hampton Roads to escape their Confederate master who planned to move them away from their families…

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