Confiscation Act of 1862

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Second_Confiscation_Act
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkb:Abolitionism_in_the_United_States
1862 in American law
gptkbp:citation gptkb:12_Stat._589
gptkbp:dateEnacted July 17, 1862
gptkbp:effect freed slaves of Confederate officials and military officers
allowed Union forces to seize property of rebels
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Confiscation Act of 1862
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Confiscation_Act_of_1861
gptkbp:purpose to free slaves of persons engaged in rebellion against the United States
to authorize seizure of property used to support the Confederacy
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:repealedBy No
gptkbp:section Section 9 authorized the President to employ African Americans in the military
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4