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The Civil War Confiscation Acts. Failing to Reconstruct the South.
John Syrett
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Description for The Civil War Confiscation Acts. Failing to Reconstruct the South.
paperback. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
This book is the first full account in more than 20 years of two significant, but relatively understudied, laws passed during the Civil War. The Confiscation Acts (1861–62) were designed to sanction slave holding states by authorizing the Federal Government to seize rebel properties (including land and other assets held in Northern and border states) and grant freedom to slaves who fought with or worked for the Confederate military. Abraham Lincoln objected to the Acts for fear they might push border states, particularly Missouri and Kentucky, into secession. The Acts were eventually rendered moot by the Emancipation Proclamation and the ... Read more
This book is the first full account in more than 20 years of two significant, but relatively understudied, laws passed during the Civil War. The Confiscation Acts (1861–62) were designed to sanction slave holding states by authorizing the Federal Government to seize rebel properties (including land and other assets held in Northern and border states) and grant freedom to slaves who fought with or worked for the Confederate military. Abraham Lincoln objected to the Acts for fear they might push border states, particularly Missouri and Kentucky, into secession. The Acts were eventually rendered moot by the Emancipation Proclamation and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Series
Reconstructing America
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823224906
SKU
V9780823224906
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About John Syrett
John Syrett was Professor of History Emeritus at Trent University.
Reviews for The Civil War Confiscation Acts. Failing to Reconstruct the South.
"Syrett's used of archival and other sources allows him to give a very complete account of the political climate that surrounded the passage of the Confiscation Acts as well as military confiscation and enforcement of the acts by the courts. His discussion contains new insights into Northern thinking about winning the war, how the Union should be restored, and what ... Read more