Corsets and Contraband: African American Women’s Labor in the Fight for Freedom, 25 October | Event in Annapolis

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

Historic Annapolis

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Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 11:00 am

4 hours

43 Pinkney St, Annapolis, MD 21401-1717, United States

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Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 11:00 am to 03:00 pm (EDT)

43 Pinkney St, MD 21401-1717

43 Pinkney St, Annapolis, MD 21401-1717, United States

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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/


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Corsets and Contraband: African American Women’s Labor in the Fight for Freedom, 25 October | Event in Annapolis
Corsets and Contraband: African American Women’s Labor in the Fight for Freedom
Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 11:00 am