Amendment to Senate bill (S. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and so to perform other labor connected with the defenses of the country | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

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GLC#: GLC08979.07
Type: Documents
Date: 12 December 1864
Author/Creator: Confederate States of America. Congress
Title: Amendment to Senate bill (S. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and so to perform other labor connected with the defenses of the country
Place Written: Richmond, Virginia
Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 15.5 cm

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Minor ammendments to a Confederate act concerning the use of slaves or free negroes during the Civil War.

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Confederate States of America. Congress Amendment to Senate bill (S. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and so to perform other labor connected with the defenses of the country