15 December 1864
Confederate States of America. Congress
A bill to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications and perform other labor connected with the defences of the country.
Senate Bill 129, passed by the Confederate Senate 13 December 1864. Ordered to be printed by the House of Representatives 15 December 1864. States that "The Congress of the Confederate States of American do enact, That all free male negroes...
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