| 单词 | intelligent contraband |
| 释义 | > as lemmasintelligent contraband intelligent contraband n. U.S. (during the American Civil War) a slave, esp. a fugitive or captured slave in Union-occupied territory; = contraband n. 4.Such slaves often provided military intelligence to the Union forces. ΚΠ 1861 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 17 July An intelligent contraband was brought before General Scott on Friday and detailed much valuable information. 1865 F. C. Adams Story of Trooper xiii. 123 The Government had great faith in the ‘intelligent contraband’,..but our generals in the field knew that on questions of fact he was somewhat like his rebel master, a very uncertain person. 1911 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 5 372 An entire scheme of terminology was introduced; a negro was ‘a contraband’ or also ‘an intelligent contraband’. 2001 Washington Times (Nexis) 3 Nov. b3 They returned a few days later with confirmation from an ‘intelligent contraband’ that the cavalry force at Culpeper was having its horses shod and everything put in order to move. < as lemmas |
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