Freedmen

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Freedmens Village Quiz

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1. The word contraband refers to which of the
following?

• Former slaves who had bought their own freedom
• Former slaves who had escaped or been abandoned
• Slave masters who refused to free their slaves

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Good Job!

• The term originated after Union general Benjamin
  F. Butler's declared fugitive slaves to be
  contraband of war.

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2. Army commanders originally placed who in
charge of the affairs of contrabands?

• First lieutenants
• Local sheriffs
• Quartermaster officers

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Right-o!

• As the number of contrabands increased,
  quartermaster officers were assigned to provide
  them food and shelter.

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3. The number of contrabands in the District of
Columbia increased after April 1862, because of
which of the following?

• Congress freed slaves in the District
• Good weather led to a bumper crop
• P.T. Barnums circus was in town

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Correctamundo!

• Slaves from Maryland and Virginia flocked to the
  District after Congress abolished slavery there.

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4. Which location was the center of the
contraband relief effort inside the District?

• Fort Meade
• Camp Barker
• The Capitol

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Nice going!

• Around 600 contrabands were housed in Camp Barker
  by the fall of 1862, and numbers increased
  throughout the war.

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5. Contrabands who could left camps such as
Camp Barker primarily for what reason?

• They were given plots of land to farm
• They had better job opportunities elsewhere
• They wanted to escape overcrowding

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Cha-ching!

• In the summer of 1863, an average of 25
  inhabitants per week died at Camp Barker, mostly
  due to diseases spread by overcrowding.

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6. How were contrabands working as laborers in
military camps paid, compared to their white
counterparts?

• Half as much as whites
• The same as whites
• More than whites

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Right on!

• The pay for laborers was as much as 30 per
  month, plus a daily ration of food.

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7. What was the Contraband Fund?

• A fundraiser to help pay for camps
• A tax to offset the cost of camps
• An investment opportunity

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Sharp shooting!

• All working blacks had 5 deducted from their
  monthly wages from September 1862 until the end
  of the war to finance the fund.

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8. Freemens Village was created at which
location?

• Near the Capitol building
• On a former plantation in Southern Maryland
• On the Custis-Lee family estate

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Bada bing!

• Freedmens Village was created on a site which is
  currently part of Arlington National Cemetery.

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9. Danforth B. Nichols and Elias M. Greene picked
the site for Freedmens Village for what purpose?

• To allow laborers to work in the open air
• To move laborers closer to the military regiments
• To hide laborers from invading Southern armies

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Bulls-eye!

• Nichols and Greene hoped to improve the health of
  the laborers by letting them work in the open air.

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10. Which is one reason why Freedmens Village
stands out among the contraband camps?

• It was the first camp to be established
• It was the last camp to be closed
• It had the most inhabitants of any camp

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Hot dog!

• While most camps were closed soon after the war
  ended, Freedmens Village was not closed until
  1900.

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