File:Twenty Negro Act Exemption.jpg

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English: Application for exemption from military service made in May of 1864 under provisions of the "Twenty Negro Act" passed by the Confederate States of America made by Private Lycurgas Rees, on the grounds of owning fifteen slaves. Original in U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
Date Published February 17, 1864
Source http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Twenty-Slave_Law
Author Confederate States Government

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