By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Library of the U.S. Congress On May 24, 1861, at Hampton, Virginia, Major General Benjamin F. Butler permitted three African slaves to stay in Fort Monroe instead of being returned to their plantations. According to an online article released by the Hampton History Museum, the three men, Shepard Mallory, Frank […]
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