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The Confiscation Act of 1861

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The Confiscation Act of 1861


A) gave Union troops the authority to seize Confederate property.
B) abolished slavery in the District of Columbia and the western territories.
C) saw the Confederate government claim the right to seize free blacks in the South.
D) declared that slaves used by Confederate states in the war effort were free.
E) empowered banks in the Union to freeze the financial assets of all slaveholders.

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