Webthe amnesty act of 1872 is a united states federal law passed on may 22, 1872, which removed most of the penalties imposed on former confederates by the fourteenth. A note by james a. Rawley on mayt 22, 1872, congress passed the reconstruction measure known as the general amnesty act.

Webthe general amnesty act of 1872: Webthe amnesty act of may 22, 1872 was a united states federal law which reversed most of the penalties imposed on former confederates by the fourteenth amendment.