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Dublin Core
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Title
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Emancipation Monuments
Contributor
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Renée Ater
Description
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<div style="padding-right: 30%;">
<p>This collection focuses specifically on monuments and memorials that signal the end of slavery through the <a href="https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emancipation Proclamation</a>. Included in this collection is a memorial to "<a href="https://www.ncpedia.org/contrabands" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contrabands</a>," those enslaved persons who sought freedom behind the Union lines during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Contraband monuments expand our understanding of Black self-emancipation.</p>
<p>From the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/living-contraband-former-slaves-in-the-nation-s-capital-during-the-civil-war.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Park Service</a>:</p>
"At the start of the war, the Union had no policy to deal with the African Americans seeking protection. Individual commanders made their own decisions. Some commanders put them to work for Union troops while others returned them to plantation owners. At Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia, Union Maj. General Benjamin Butler refused to send three fugitives back into the bonds of slavery. He classified the escaping slaves as contraband of war. This term meant that once the fleeing slaves crossed Union army lines, they were classified as property. All enemy property that fell into Union hands constituted contraband and would not be returned. Because of Butler's actions, a federal policy was instituted on August 6, 1861 - fugitive slaves were declared to be "contraband of war" if their labor had been used to aid the Confederacy in anyway. If found to be contraband, they were declared free."</div>
Creator
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Written by Grace Yasumura
Still Image
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Original Format
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Sculpture
Physical Dimensions
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Entry portals: 126 in. (320.04 cm)
Portal widths: 78 in. (198.12 cm.) to 192 in. (502.92 cm.)
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Title
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<em>Camp Barker Memorial</em> (Washington, DC)
Creator
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McDonald, Katie<br /><a href="https://after-architecture.com/office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">After Architecture</a>
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Schumann, Kyle<br /><a href="https://after-architecture.com/office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">After Architecture</a>
Subject
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Subject (Topic)<br />Civil War <br /><span>Refugee camps--History--19th century</span><br />Fugitive slaves--United States<br />Slaves--Emancipation--United States<br />Public art <br />Public sculpture<br />Mid-Atlantic United States
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Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture
Contributor
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Vinnie Bagwell (relief sculpture); Yun Associates, LLC (structural engineering); and Garrison Elementery School (DC Public Schools).
Source
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Photographs by Renée Ater
Date
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Dedicated: May 2019
Format
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JPEG
Language
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English
Type
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Buildings and Structures
Coverage
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1200 S Street NW, Washington, DC, 20009, United States
Extent
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Entry portals: 126 in. (320.04 cm)
Portal widths: 78 in. (198.12 cm.) to 192 in. (502.92 cm.)
Medium
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Bronze; Charred wood; Brass
Rights Holder
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Renée Ater
Description
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"The Camp Barker Memorial frames the site’s history as Camp Barker, a Civil War ‘contraband camp’, with three entry gateways to a public elementary school in northwest Washington D.C. Union forces used the term contraband to describe formerly enslaved persons, who were considered captured enemy property. While the site’s original buildings were built as barracks for Union soldiers, they were soon transformed into housing for those escaping slavery. Living conditions in the camp were harsh, but gave rise to the enduring community of the surrounding neighborhood." From <a href="https://after-architecture.com/campbarkermemorial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">After Architecture</a>, 2019.
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DC Public Schools, 1200 First Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20002
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"Camp Barker Memorial, Washington, DC, United States, 2019." <em>Architectonic</em>. Accessed May 3, 2021, <a href="https://www.architonic.com/en/project/after-architecture-camp-barker-memorial/20076736" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.architonic.com/en/project/after-architecture-camp-barker-memorial/20076736</a>.
After Architecture
contrabands
DC
emancipation
Katie MacDonald
Kyle Schumann
Vinnie Bagwell