During the civil war, the term "contraband camps" referred to:

a. camps in which materials such as rifles and gunpowder were kept.

b. camps of southern slaves who had escaped from their masters and entered union lines.

c. training grounds for the youthful musicians who played to raise the morale of the troops.

d. holding areas for items seized by customs agents for failure to pay tariffs.

e. places near battlefields where the union army temporarily kept confederate priso

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Roman Little

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9 March, 17:26

During the civil war, the term "contraband camps" referred to:

a. camps in which materials such as rifles and gunpowder were kept.

b. camps of southern slaves who had escaped from their masters and entered union lines.

c. training grounds for the youthful musicians who played to raise the morale of the troops.

d. holding areas for items seized by customs agents for failure to pay tariffs.

e. places near battlefields where the union army temporarily kept confederate priso

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Ellen · Answer 1

Contraband camps during the U. S Civil War are used to describe camps or groups of African slaves who escaped to the Union lines. During the war, slaves in the Confederate states were attracted to the Union since they declared that slaves who went into their lines will be considered freedmen and would not be returned to their owners. The first such camp was established by Gen. Ulysses Grant at Grand Junction, Tennessee.