Contraband consists of materials which may be confiscated and used by the enemy. In the Civil War, slaves freed by the Union troops, since they belonged to the Confederates, could also be taken as Contraband. Many of the freed slaves later volunteered for military service.
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The revolutionary war was considered a civil war with Britain, because most of the colonists were from Britain and still considered themselves Brits.
Charle Conwallis surender was at the battle of Yorktown in 1781. This battle is usually considered as the end of the war of independence.
It was an excuse for not returning the slaves to their owners, and thereby weakening the Southern economy.
weapons and articles used for fighting-novanet
weapons and articles used for fighting-novanet
Slavery was outlawed in the US in 1807. Anything after that was considered contraband.
Illegal or prohibited traffic., Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden., A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war., Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade., To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle., To declare prohibited; to forbid.
contraband
weapons and articles used for fighting.
Contraband consists of materials which may be confiscated and used by the enemy. In the Civil War, slaves freed by the Union troops, since they belonged to the Confederates, could also be taken as Contraband. Many of the freed slaves later volunteered for military service.
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If Contraband is used with a capital C, it refers to former slaves who found their way to union territory and, following the Emancipation Proclamation, were then free.
Contraband. Later, black soldiers were served in the Cavalry in the West, where the Indians gave them the name "buffalo soldiers". The above answer is not entirely correct. Black troops in the civil war were called United States Colored Troops. Contraband were slaves that escaped into the possession of the Union Army. Tens of 1000's of the USCT's were from the North and would not be considered CONTRABANDS of war. Many of these men were free men of color and never new the bondage of slavery, therefore it would be insulting to them to be characterized as "contraband".
The nickname for them was contraband. This came out of a little argument between a union officer and a confederate officer. The confederate officer wanted the slaves who were with the union forces and to protect them the union officer told the confederate that they were "contraband." Contraband in war is not returned, so in calling them that the union officer was using military rules to protect them. It was not meant as an insult.
"Contraband" was a term commonly used in the United States military during the Civil War. The Unions used this term to describe a new status for certain escaped slaves or those who affiliated with Union forces. The Army (and the United States Congress) determined that the United States would not return escaped slaves who went to Union lines and classifies them as "contraband". They used many as laborers to support Union efforts and soon began to pay them wages.