Confederate States of America. Congress Joint Resolutions in reference to the treatment of colored troops

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GLC#
GLC08979.05-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
February 15, 1864
Author/Creator
Confederate States of America. Congress
Title
Joint Resolutions in reference to the treatment of colored troops
Place Written
Richmond, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 24 cm, Width: 15 cm

Confederate act resolves that the abolition of slavery is against the rules of war and that former slaves who are captured while fighting for the Union will be returned to their masters. States "emancipation of the negro slaves within the Confederate States by the enemy, is not among the acts of legitimate war; but is...among such acts as 'putting to death all prisoners in cold blood.'" With war department stamp.

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