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

Sat Oct 25 2025 at 11:00 am to 03:00 pm UTC-04:00

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

Historic Annapolis
Publisher/HostHistoric Annapolis
Corsets and Contraband: African American Women\u2019s Labor in the Fight for Freedom
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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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