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The Civil War Confiscation Acts Failing to Reconstruct the South Reconstructing America 2nd Edition by John Syrett ISBN 0823224899 9780823224906

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Author(s): John Syrett
ISBN(s): 0823224899
Edition: 2
File Details: PDF, 1.65 MB
Year: 2005
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0823224899 
ISBN 13: 9780823224906
Author: John Syrett

This book is the first full account in more than 20 years of two significant, but relatively understudied, laws passed during the Civil War. The Confiscation Acts (1861–62) were designed to sanction slave holding states by authorizing the Federal Government to seize rebel properties (including land and other assets held in Northern and border states) and grant freedom to slaves who fought with or worked for the Confederate military. Abraham Lincoln objected to the Acts for fear they might push border states, particularly Missouri and Kentucky, into secession. The Acts were eventually rendered moot by the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment. John Syrett examines the political contexts of the Acts, especially the debates in Congress, and demonstrates how the failure of the confiscation acts during the war presaged the political and structural shortcomings of Reconstruction after the war.

The Civil War Confiscation Acts Failing to Reconstruct the South Reconstructing America 2nd Table of contents:

  • Introduction

    • Overview of the Confiscation Acts

    • Context: War Measures vs. Reconstruction Goals

  • Origins of the Confiscation Acts

    • The First Confiscation Act (1861)

    • The Second Confiscation Act (1862)

    • Congressional and Presidential Tensions

  • Purpose and Promise

    • Undermining the Confederate Economy

    • Emancipation and Land Redistribution Hopes

    • Radical Republican Vision

  • Implementation Challenges

    • Weak Enforcement Mechanisms

    • Military Reluctance and Local Resistance

    • Conflicting Federal and State Authority

  • Lincoln’s Cautious Approach

    • Concerns About Border States

    • Balancing War Strategy with Reconstruction Policy

  • The Limits of Legal Emancipation

    • Confiscation vs. the Emancipation Proclamation

    • Property Rights and Due Process Debates

    • Reactions in the North and South

  • Why the Confiscation Acts Failed

    • Inconsistent Application Across the South

    • Judicial Obstacles and Lack of Political Will

    • Postwar Reversals and the Return of Land to Ex-Confederates

  • Legacy and Lessons

    • Influence on Later Reconstruction Policies

    • Missed Opportunities for Land Reform

    • Roots of Persistent Inequality in the South

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