Second Confiscation Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (73)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:law
gptkbp:allows freedom for enslaved individuals who escaped to Union lines
gptkbp:amended_by gptkb:Confiscation_Act_of_1863
gptkb:Second_Confiscation_Act_of_1864
gptkbp:associated_with abolitionist movement
gptkbp:consequences confiscation of property
gptkbp:contributed_to Union war efforts
gptkbp:controversy debate over property rights
gptkbp:created legal framework for emancipation
gptkbp:date_enacted 1862
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:Union_Army
military courts
gptkbp:established military authority over confiscated property
gptkbp:historical_context Civil War legislation
gptkbp:historical_significance expanded federal power during wartime
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Second Confiscation Act
gptkbp:impact freed enslaved people
gptkbp:influenced future civil rights legislation
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:First_Confiscation_Act
gptkbp:inspired_by moral arguments against slavery
gptkbp:is_affected_by Southern economy
gptkbp:is_analyzed_in legal scholars
gptkbp:is_challenged_by federal courts
Supreme Court cases
legal opposition
gptkbp:is_cited_in legal arguments
gptkbp:is_criticized_for Southern leaders
gptkbp:is_debated_in gptkb:United_States_Congress
lawmakers
gptkbp:is_designed_to weaken the Confederacy
gptkbp:is_discussed_in gptkb:historical_texts
gptkbp:is_documented_in gptkb:historical_records
gptkbp:is_examined_in historical studies
gptkbp:is_implemented_in gptkb:military_leadership
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Democratic_Party
political campaigns
conservative politicians
gptkbp:is_promoted_by gptkb:political_speeches
radical abolitionists
gptkbp:is_referenced_in gptkb:political_debates
gptkbp:is_regarded_as a wartime measure
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:radical_Republicans
gptkbp:is_targeted_at Confederate sympathizers
gptkbp:is_used_to justify military actions
gptkbp:led_to increased tensions between North and South
gptkbp:legal_issue property owners
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkb:Morrill_Tariff_Act
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Reconstruction_era
gptkbp:passes_through gptkb:Civil_War
gptkbp:precedent property rights during war
gptkbp:purpose to confiscate property of Confederate supporters
confiscate property of Confederate supporters
gptkbp:ratified_by Congressional vote
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:repealed_by gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
Subsequent legislation
gptkbp:resulted_in legal challenges
displacement of Confederate families
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:President_Lincoln
gptkbp:significance expanded federal power during wartime
gptkbp:was_a_response_to mixed public opinion
gptkbp:was_influenced_by abolitionist literature
public sentiment against slavery
gptkbp:was_part_of Union strategy
Civil War legislation.
Union's war policy
gptkbp:was_supported_by public rallies
abolitionist politicians
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4