The Confiscation Acts of 1861 and 1862 said all of the following EXCEPT:
any seized Confederate lands and property are officially the property of the Union Army.
the seizure of any slave associating with the Confederacy is legal.
extended freedom was granted to runaway slaves or slaves captured by the Union Army.
the institution of slavery as a whole was declared illegal across the United States.
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