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

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.

https://www.annapolis.org/events/corsets-and-contraband/

You may also like the following events from Historic Annapolis:

• This Saturday, 18th October, 11:00 am, Defenders of the Chesapeake: Maryland State Marines in Annapolis
• This Sunday, 19th October, 02:00 pm, Mourning and Memory: Spirits of the Paca House in Annapolis
• Next Wednesday, 22nd October, 09:30 am, Homeschool Day: Colonial Construction in Annapolis