Confiscation Acts
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title:
Confiscation Acts
text:
The Confiscation Acts were laws passed by the United States Congress during the Civil War with the intention of freeing the slaves still held by the Confederate forces in the South. The Confiscation Act of 1861 authorized the confiscation of any Confederate property by Union forces. This meant that all slaves that fought or worked for the Confederate military were confiscated whenever court proceedings "condemned" them as property used to support the rebellion. The bill passed in the United Stat
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confiscation_Acts
date created:
2007-02-09T17:10:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T00:57:56Z
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