A true story from the Civil War offers insight into a little-known aspect of African American history. In 1861 Virginia, a man named George Scott, who had escaped enslavement, overhears how field hands had rowed to the nearby Fortress Monroe seeking refuge and Union soldiers had not returned them to captivity.
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Lincoln wanted to end slavery but wasn’t keen on integrating African Americans into US society. His first attempt to send them offshore proved disastrous.