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may 26, 1861 - Confiscation Acts

Description:

- Union army can seize enemy property (slaves)
- Freed slaves of Confederate rebels.
- Slaves escaped the South
- South lost labor force
- African Americans helped Union in the war

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Date:

may 26, 1861
Now
~ 164 years ago