Grand Contraband Camp was located in Elizabeth City County on the Virginia Peninsula near Fort Monroe during and immediately after the American Civil War. The area was a refuge for escaped slaves who the Union forces refused to return to their former Confederate masters, by defining them as "Contraband of War". The Grand Contraband Camp was the first self-contained black community in the United States and occupied the area of the downtown section of the present-day independent city of Hampton, Virginia.
Read more about Grand Contraband Camp: Confederate Slaves in Union Hands: Legal Status, The Camp Is Created, Contrabands Join The Union Cause, Education, Legacy
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