Congressman Thaddeus Stevens introduced a resolution urging enforcement of land redistribution under what would later become the Second Confiscation Act of 1862. The proposed measure aimed to allocate public and confiscated Confederate land to formerly enslaved people. However, the resolution was defeated in Congress, reflecting early resistance to land reform and reparative justice during the Civil War era. Stevens remained a powerful advocate for Black rights and Reconstruction policies.
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