Nonpartisan (constitutionalist) President Davis signs the Negro Soldier Act, offering emancipation to slaves who enlist in the Army of the Confederate States—provided their masters lend their assent.
[updated 3/12/2025]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Confederate Constitution, Article I, Section 8 [Clause 12]
en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America#a1-s8
References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 303.
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 187.
Black soldiers in the Civil War: Who did they fight for and why?
richmond.com/black-soldiers-in-the-civil-war-who-did-they-fight-for-and-why/article_317568c2-1ba4-5f88-a18a-45d24a900a22.html
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