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August 6, 1861 - First Confiscation Act or The Confiscation Act of 1861 allows federals to seize property used in the insurrection, essentially freeing slaves forced to participate in the Confederate war effort.
FIRST CONFISCATION ACT · THE EVOLUTION OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION · The Civil War Era
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