The challenges of transition from slavery to freedom for African American women residing in "contraband camps" near Washington, D.C., will be the focus of history major and Civil War Era studies minor Lauren Roedner '13. She plans to examine primary sources in the National Archives Records Administration and Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. and neighboring states. Her mentor is Civil War Era studies and Africana studies Prof. Sharita Jacobs.

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