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Freedom Under the Confiscation Act: What One Man’s Freedom Papers Tell Us About Black Resistance to Slavery
Author: Patrick Young Published Date: October 14, 2019 Leave a Comment on Freedom Under the Confiscation Act: What One Man’s Freedom Papers Tell Us About Black Resistance to Slavery
There was emancipation even before Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The March 1862 Confiscation Act allowed the Union Army to free slaves who had been…
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