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Southern Heritage Advancement Preservation and Education :: Forums :: General :: Today in History during the War of Northern Aggression
 
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July 17, 1862
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8milereb
Thu Jul 17 2008, 08:04PM

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 Confiscation Act approved

In a big step toward emancipation, President Lincoln approves the Confiscation Act, which declares that any slaves whose owners were in rebellion against the government, would be freed when they came into contact with the Union army.
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gpthelastrebel
Fri Jul 18 2008, 01:40AM

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 ------but it did nothing for the slaves in the North, correct????

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8milereb
Fri Jul 18 2008, 03:35PM

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 Correct
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gpthelastrebel
Fri Jul 18 2008, 03:53PM

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 Thought so.

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