An Act to suppress Insurrection, to punish Treason and Rebellion, to seize and confiscate the Property of Rebels, and for other Purposes.
Nicknames
Second Confiscation Act
Announced in
the 37th United States Congress
Citations
Public law
Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 37–195
Statutes at Large
12 Stat. 589
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 471 & H.Res. 110 by Thomas D. Eliot (R–MA) & Horace Maynard (R–TN) on May 14, 1862 & July 15, 1862
Committee consideration by Senate Judiciary Committee
Passed the Senate on July 17, 1862
Passed the House on
Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 17, 1862
The Confiscation Act of 1862, or Second Confiscation Act, was a law passed by the United States Congress during the American Civil War.[1] Section 9 of the act formed the legal basis for President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
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