A bill to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications and perform other labor connected with the defenses of the country.

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Corporate Author

Confederate States of America. Congress.

Language(s)

English

Published

[Richmond, 1864]

Subjects

Confederate States of America. > Confederate States of America. / Army > Confederate States of America. / Army / African American troops.
African Americans.
Confederate States of America > Confederate States of America / Defenses.

Note

House of Representatives, Dec. 15, 1864. - Read first and second times, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Senate, Dec. 6, 1864. Read first and second times, and placed on the calendar. December 12, 1864. - Amended, read a third time, and passed. December 13, 1864. - Reconsidered, amended, engrossed, read a third time, and passed. James H. Nash, Secretary.

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6 p. 25 cm.

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