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 Call number 216 Conf. (Rare Book Collection, UNC-CH) Senate Bill, No. 190. A Bill to Provide for Raising Two Hundred Thousand Negro Troops Confederate States of America. Congress. Senate. 1 p. [Richmond] [The Senate] [1865]

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 Library of Congress Subject Headings, 21st edition, 1998 English Confederate States of America. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Law and legislation. Confederate States of America. Army -- Afro-American troops. Impressment -- Confederate States of America. Draft -- Law and legislation -- Confederate States of Americ United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Afro-Americans. Legislation -- Confederate States of America. 2000-04-05, Celine Noel and Wanda Gunther revised TEIHeader and created catalog record for the electronic edition. 1999-10-21, Jill Kuhn finished TEI-conformant encoding and final proofing. 1999-10-20, Joshua McKim finished TEI/SGML encoding 1999-10-08, Rebecca Moore finished scanning (OCR) and proofing. [SENATE BILL, No. 190,]

SENATE, February 10, 1865.—Read first and second times, referred to Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.

[By Mr. OLDHAM.] A BILL To provide for Raising Two Hundred Thousand Negro Troops.

1 SECTION 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America2 do enact, That the President of the Confederate States be 3 and he is hereby authorized to receive into the military service, 4 any number of negro troops not to exceed two hundred thousand.

1 SEC. 2. That the President be and he is authorized, to assign 2 officers already appointed, or make appointments of officers, to 3 raise and command said troops; and the same, when raised, 4 shall be organized as provided under existing laws.

1 SEC. 3. That no negro slave shall be received into the service 2 without the written consent of his owner and under such 3 regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War to 4 carry into effect this act.

1 SEC. 4. That it is hereby declared, that Congress does not 2 hereby assume to change the social and political status of the 3 slave population of the States, but leaves the same under the 4 jurisdiction and control of the States to which it belongs.