Burrus M. Carnahan
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813124636
- eISBN:
- 9780813134871
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813124636.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
This chapter discusses Lincoln's use of the emancipation weapon and the restrained response of the South to the First Confiscation Act, which was mentioned in the previous chapter. It also highlights ...
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This chapter discusses Lincoln's use of the emancipation weapon and the restrained response of the South to the First Confiscation Act, which was mentioned in the previous chapter. It also highlights the military necessity for emancipation that would also have to be strong enough to have at least a chance of withstanding judicial scrutiny. As such, the Second Confiscation Act, as finally adopted, indirectly recognized the humanity of escaped slaves by declaring them to be “captives of war”, and not merely human property.Less
This chapter discusses Lincoln's use of the emancipation weapon and the restrained response of the South to the First Confiscation Act, which was mentioned in the previous chapter. It also highlights the military necessity for emancipation that would also have to be strong enough to have at least a chance of withstanding judicial scrutiny. As such, the Second Confiscation Act, as finally adopted, indirectly recognized the humanity of escaped slaves by declaring them to be “captives of war”, and not merely human property.
