An act to perpetuate testimony in cases of slaves abducted or harbored by the enemy, and of other property seized, wasted, or destroyed by them. No. 270 - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC06745.005
From Archive Folder	Confederate imprints: handbills, pamphlets, and Confederate laws
Title	An act to perpetuate testimony in cases of slaves abducted or harbored by the enemy, and of other property seized, wasted, or destroyed by them. No. 270
Date	30 August 1861
Author	Congress of the Confederate States
Document Type	Government document
Subjects	Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Government and Civics Law Slavery African American History Contrabands Wartime Pillaging and Destruction
Place written	Richmond, Virginia
Theme	The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Law; Banking & Economics
Sub-collection	Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945