Why did Congress pass the First Confiscation Act and what did it say? a$.$This act was a result of the number of fugitive slaves fleeing to Union lines, and those slaves were now officially considered "contraband of war."b$.$This act outlawed the confiscation of any Confederate property by Union soldiers who were stealing food.c$.$This act was a result of the number of fugitive slaves fleeing to Union lines, and the act now ordered the return of those slaves to their Confederate owners. d$.$This act outlawed the confiscation of southern cotton being exported to Europe because the nation's economy needed the money from those exports.