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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08473 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Message regarding governmental liability for the value of slaves who escaped while impressed |
| Date | 1863 |
| Author | Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet; Government document |
| Content Description | Confederate President Davis's statement, issued 21 April 1863, reports "Whether the liability of the Government shall be extended to such cases is a question to be determined, not by the Executive, but by Congress." Includes communications from various Confederate governmental officials discussing the necessity of impressment and governmental liability for escaped slaves. The earliest statement is dated 14 February 1863. This printing includes no publisher information and was possibly previously bound within a larger volume. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader African American History Impressment Slavery Runaway Slave Government and Civics Conscription |
| People | Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition |
| 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 |