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Corruption in the Confederacy
By RODNEY STEWARD
Disunion follows the Civil War as it unfolded.
Tags:
Civil War (US) (1861-65), Search and Seizure, Slavery
Between 1862 and 1865, officers of the Confederate District Court of North Carolina, empowered by a new national law, confiscated and sold millions of dollars worth of property from North Carolinians accused of being "alien enemies." The proceeds of confiscated and sold property were to be sent immediately to Richmond, but most was never reported. Many officers of the District Court, like David Schenck of Lincoln County, became wealthy enforcing the Act of Sequestration while thousands of their fellow Tar Heels were deprived of their property, charged with disloyalty, and in some cases even executed as enemies of the Confederacy.
For the rest: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/corruption-in-the-confederacy/?_r=0
By RODNEY STEWARD
Disunion follows the Civil War as it unfolded.
Tags:
Civil War (US) (1861-65), Search and Seizure, Slavery
Between 1862 and 1865, officers of the Confederate District Court of North Carolina, empowered by a new national law, confiscated and sold millions of dollars worth of property from North Carolinians accused of being "alien enemies." The proceeds of confiscated and sold property were to be sent immediately to Richmond, but most was never reported. Many officers of the District Court, like David Schenck of Lincoln County, became wealthy enforcing the Act of Sequestration while thousands of their fellow Tar Heels were deprived of their property, charged with disloyalty, and in some cases even executed as enemies of the Confederacy.
For the rest: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/corruption-in-the-confederacy/?_r=0
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