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- GLC#
- GLC06607
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 30 August 1861
- Author/Creator
- Confederate States of America. Congress
- Title
- An Act to perpetuate testimony in cases of slaves abducted or harbored by the enemy, and of other property seized, wasted, or destroyed by them. No. 270.
- Place Written
- Richmond, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 27 cm, Width: 20.9 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Appears to be a circular. Possibly created in Richmond, Virginia. Gives orders for the procedure slave owners may follow when their slaves are abducted or harbored. Notes that the Confederate States are not liable to make compensation for Confederate citizens' property that is lost or destroyed.
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