[BroJoeK]

"Slaves Contraband of War"

This is the first mention I've seen of "Beast" Butler's "Contrabands of War".
It will not be the last and could become a key to Union victory.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

“This is the first mention I’ve seen of “Beast” Butler’s “Contrabands of War”.

He first brought it to Gen. Scott’s (and our own) attention in a May 24 memo.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3960175/posts#41

[jeffersondem]

“This is the first mention I've seen of “Beast” Butler's “Contrabands of War”.”

This phrasing by Butler tends to support the later observation by the London Spectator:

“The government liberates the enemy's slaves as it would the enemy's cattle, simply to weaken them in the . . . conflict. . . . The principle is not that a human being cannot justly own another, but that he cannot own him unless he is loyal to the United States.”