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Description: 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.
Title: Twenty Negro Act Exemption
Credit: http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Twenty-Slave_Law
Author: Confederate States Government
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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