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How Black Union soldiers freed enslaved African Americans in Tampa

Full Story: https://wfts.tv/3wPwtyO Over the next month, we will be highlighting the impact African Americans have had on the Bay Area. You’ll hear about historical Black figures and places that helped to make the Bay Area what it is today. Fred Hearns, a historian with the Tampa History Center, highlights the Black Union soldiers that freed Tampa’s enslaved black population on May 6, 1864.