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Confederate States of America. Congress An act to perpetuate testimony in cases of slaves abducted or Harbored by the Enemy, and other property seized, wasted, or destroyed by them

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08979.02 Author/Creator: Confederate States of America. Congress Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Printed document Date: 30 August 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 27 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Confederate act concerning the official documenting of slaves and other private property taken by the Union. Listed as act number two hundred and seventy.

Confederate States of America, 1860-1870

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