Freedom’s Fortress

Old Point Comfort was among the first places where enslaved people were traded in colonial America—and a hub of resistance to slavery during the American Civil War.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published June 19, 2022
Data acquired June 10, 2022

Source:

Landsat 8 > OLI