Nonpartisan (constitutionalist) President Davis signs the Negro Soldier Act, offering emancipation to slaves who enlist in the Army of the Confederate States.
[restored 4/16/2022]
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:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 187.
Current U.s. National Debt:
