Question

1. choose the best answer. union general benjamin butler declared that since enslaved people were legally considered property of their enemy, they would be considered __ contraband emigrants evacuees outlaws 4) choose the best answer. the __ removed the responsibility of union soldiers to return people escaping captivity to their enslavers. emancipation proclamation absolution act of 1864 confiscation act of 1862 freedom decree of 1861

Explanation:

1. During the Civil - War, Union General Benjamin Butler declared that enslaved people who escaped to Union lines and were considered property of the enemy (the Confederacy) were "contraband of war" or simply contraband.
2. The Confiscation Act of 1862 removed the responsibility of Union soldiers to return people escaping captivity to their enslavers. It also allowed the seizure of Confederate - owned property, including enslaved people, if it was being used to support the Confederate war effort.

Answer:

1. A. contraband
2. C. Confiscation Act of 1862