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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Second_Confiscation_Act
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkb:Abolitionism_in_the_United_States
1862 in American law
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:12_Stat._589
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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July 17, 1862
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gptkbp:effect
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freed slaves of Confederate officials and military officers
allowed Union forces to seize property of rebels
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Confiscation_Act_of_1861
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gptkbp:purpose
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to free slaves of persons engaged in rebellion against the United States
to authorize seizure of property used to support the Confederacy
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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No
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gptkbp:section
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Section 9 authorized the President to employ African Americans in the military
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Confiscation Act of 1862
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