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Robespierre overthrown in France. Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention.
Is is a question about what they help the criminal to do or whether the statement is true?
The statement is true: an accomplice does help a criminal, and does so knowingly. Together, they commit a crime or wrongdoing (in case what they do is immoral but not illegal).
The Confiscation Acts themselves did not do much but laid the legal and social groundwork for the Emancipation Proclamation which would come in the following year.
Lincoln was able to capitalize on the reaction to the Confiscation Act to feel comfortable enough to push forward the Emancipation Proclamation, which applied to all slaves in rebel held territory.
Prophets (just typing this because it needs to be 20 characters long)
