Corsets and Contraband: African American Women's Labor in the Fight for Freedom

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Historic Annapolis

Corsets

Stop by Hogshead Trades Museum for a special program highlighting the courageous contributions of African American women during the Civil War.

Meet living historians and hear the compelling stories of three extraordinary women:

Lucy Ann Walker – The Clothesline Spy

Mary Bowser – The Confederate White House Black Dispatcher

Mary Louvestre – The Ironclad Informant

Hear how “women’s work” became a foundation for Union victory and freedom and how labor that served as acts of resistance, intelligence gathering, and survival.

Drop in any time between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm for this exciting program offering.