Freedom’s Fortress

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Civil War historic site historic site symbol of emancipation

Freedom’s Fortress is the historic coastal stronghold at Fort Monroe in Virginia, renowned as a Civil War-era refuge for escaped enslaved people and a symbol of early emancipation.

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Label	Occurrences
Freedom’s Fortress canonical	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Civil War historic site ⓘ historic site ⓘ symbol of emancipation ⓘ
adjacentTo	Chesapeake Bay ⓘ Hampton Roads ⓘ surface form: Hampton Roads harbor
associatedWithEvent	American Civil War ⓘ Contraband decision of 1861 ⓘ escape of enslaved people to Union lines ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
controlledBy	Union Army ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasAlternativeName	Fort Monroe, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Fort Monroe
hasCulturalSignificanceFor	African American communities ⓘ United States public memory of slavery and emancipation ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	American Civil War ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole	Union stronghold ⓘ refuge for escaped enslaved people ⓘ site of early emancipation actions ⓘ
hasSymbolicMeaning	beginning of large-scale wartime emancipation ⓘ freedom for enslaved African Americans ⓘ
hasTheme	Union wartime policy toward slavery ⓘ freedom ⓘ resistance to slavery ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ surface form: National Historic Landmark (through Fort Monroe) U.S. National Monument ⓘ
locatedIn	Fort Monroe, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Fort Monroe Hampton, Virginia, United States ⓘ surface form: Hampton, Virginia United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Virginia ⓘ
near	Hampton ⓘ surface form: City of Hampton Old Point Comfort ⓘ
partOf	Fort Monroe National Monument ⓘ Fort Monroe, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Hampton Roads defenses
significantFor	African American history ⓘ Civil War history ⓘ history of emancipation in the United States ⓘ
tourismType	Civil War tourism site ⓘ heritage tourism site ⓘ
usedFor	military defense ⓘ shelter for self-emancipated people ⓘ

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Subject: Freedom’s Fortress
Description of subject: Freedom’s Fortress is the historic coastal stronghold at Fort Monroe in Virginia, renowned as a Civil War-era refuge for escaped enslaved people and a symbol of early emancipation.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Monroe, Virginia → alsoKnownAs → Freedom’s Fortress ⓘ