In November 1864, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman left Atlanta, Georgia
in flames and embarked on his historic Great March from Atlanta to the
Sea. Along the way, he unintentionally liberated thousands of Black
people held as slaves in the Georgia cities and towns. Some joined the
Union lines as hired servants, cooks, laundresses, teamsters, and
pioneers. Others joined "for their actual freedom." In numbers
reaching tens of thousands, they...
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