The Confiscation Act of 1861
A. saw the Confederate government claim the right to seize free blacks in the South.
B. empowered banks in the Union to freeze the financial assets of all slaveholders.
C. abolished slavery in the District of Columbia and the western territories.
D. declared that slaves used by Confederate states in the war effort were free.
E. gave Union troops the authority to seize Confederate property.
Answer: D
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