How does the white officer of the contraband troops think secession can be cured?

White officer of contraband thinks that If women don't get involved, secession can be cured.

Explanation:

Contraband are goods smuggled or imported and exported in a prohibited way by the government or during the civil war escaped slaves who were fled or taken behind union lines.

In civil wars lot of mishaps happens, evils do bad to people, especially women are not safe during the civil wars especially that happened in America women were raped. Some black women were raped in front of white girls just to teach them how worse it could be and some white women were raped in front of families and children. In spring, North Carolina 1865 450 sexual cases were prosecuted by union military courts.

the answer to your question is,

d. when a child was born.

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