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The Daily Dispatch: April 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the Federal capital. (search)
h the Contraband? The disposal of the thousands of contrabands that have flocked within the lines of the Union army at various points is troubling the wisest of the abolitionists in Congress. They find they have purchased an elephant. Nearly all the Western States have constitutional or legislative provisions excluding free negroes from a residence within their limits. New England is regarded as the only available refuge for the contrabands. It is proposed now to colonize them in Massachusetts, where they can be taught a variety of industrial pursuits in warm and comfortable works hops, and reduce the cost of labor to the manufacturers. These contrabands cannot remain with safety where they now are. Their permanent support by the Government is not contemplated, and the only place open for their reception is New England, although the majority of these men here scorn the idea of working for a living, and when asked to work answer that they did not come here to work, but to avoi