Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:amended_by |
gptkb:Confiscation_Act_of_1862
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| gptkbp:applies_to |
Confederate supporters
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| gptkbp:context |
Civil War era legislation
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| gptkbp:depicted_in |
A step towards emancipation
|
| gptkbp:effective_date |
August 6, 1861
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| gptkbp:enacted_by |
gptkb:legislation
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| gptkbp:enforces |
gptkb:military_officer
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| gptkbp:historical_debate |
gptkb:legislation
Congressional committees |
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
Set precedent for future confiscation laws
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Confiscation Act of 1861
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| gptkbp:impact |
Legal basis for the seizure of Confederate property
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
Post-war Reconstruction policies
|
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
Union military strategy
The abolitionist movement Public opinion on slavery |
| gptkbp:introduced |
gptkb:Senator_Lyman_Trumbull
|
| gptkbp:is_aimed_at |
Confederate military assets
Disrupting the Confederate economy Slaves used in support of the Confederacy |
| gptkbp:is_challenged_by |
Federal courts
|
| gptkbp:is_considered |
A wartime measure
|
| gptkbp:is_criticized_for |
gptkb:battle
Southern politicians Overreach of federal power |
| gptkbp:is_designed_to |
Diminish Confederate resources
|
| gptkbp:is_implemented_in |
Union military commanders
|
| gptkbp:is_opposed_by |
gptkb:Democrats
Constitutionalists |
| gptkbp:is_part_of |
Union war efforts
Union's legal strategy Legal efforts to undermine slavery The legal framework of the Civil War Union's legal framework during the Civil War Union's strategy to weaken the Confederacy |
| gptkbp:is_related_to |
Military necessity
|
| gptkbp:is_supported_by |
gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:Radical_Republicans Civil rights advocates |
| gptkbp:is_used_to |
Free enslaved individuals
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| gptkbp:led_to |
gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
Legal debates over property rights |
| gptkbp:legal_issue |
Confederate sympathizers
|
| gptkbp:legislation |
gptkb:Morrill_Tariff_Act
|
| gptkbp:passes_through |
gptkb:The_Civil_War
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
To confiscate property used to support the Confederate rebellion
|
| gptkbp:related_to |
gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:American_Civil_War |
| gptkbp:repealed_by |
gptkb:Confiscation_Act_of_1862
|
| gptkbp:resulted_in |
Increased tensions between North and South
Legal proceedings against property owners |
| gptkbp:signed_by |
gptkb:President_Abraham_Lincoln
|
| gptkbp:significance |
First federal law to provide for the confiscation of property
|
| gptkbp:was_affecting |
Property owners in the South
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Confiscation_Act_of_1870
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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