Congress forbids Union Army officers to return…

March 1862 CE

Congress forbids Union Army officers to return fugitive slaves to their owners, effective on March 13, 1862, when Congress approves a "Law Enacting an Additional Article of War", thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.

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