General Meeting: They Came for Freedom: Alexandria Freedmen’s Cemetery

Historian and author Char McCargo Bah will discuss the historical background of the Contrabands and Freedmen who migrated to Alexandria during the Civil War. In addition, this lecture will demonstrate methods that were used to locate the descendants of the Freedmen and Contrabands who were buried at the Cemetery from 1864 to 1869.

*This talk will be presented online with Pohick Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*

https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8074278