Talk:Confiscation Act of 1861

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This article was nominated for deletion on 27 July 2006. The result of the discussion was (speedy) keep.

[edit] unsourced info

I have removed the following two sentences as unsourced, they balance each other out but they shouldn't be used if no source can be found. Thygard - Talk - Contribs - Email ---- 06:31, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

David Hunter proclaimed that the act effectively emancipated all the slaves, but President Lincoln claimed it did not, and in practice the act did not do so.