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What it truly is -- a chance to be free. [ men shouting, cannons firing ] fort monroe is a union outpost in confederate territory defended by 4,500 men, including a zouave regiment, general benjamin butler.eral butler? outside the fort. >> please, sir. we're just looking for safe harbor. we've escaped colonel mallory and the confederate army. >> i see. >> the three men that come in to butler, they happen to come in after virginia votes to secede. they don't come in the day before. 'cause if they'd come in the day before, virginia's not a confederate state, not a secessionist state. >> virginia...

That was going to end slavery. his mission at that point was to reunite the country. >> if they fear that you wish to start a war to take their slaves away, you should remind the south that those fears are unfounded. >> once the war starts, enslaved african-americans see it for what it truly is -- a chance to be free. [ men shouting, cannons firing ] fort monroe is a union outpost in confederate territory, defended by 4,500 men, including a zouave regiment, and commanded by general benjamin butler. >> general butler? fugitive slaves captured just outside the fort. >> please, sir. we're just lo...