April 16 marks the passage of the District of Columbia Emancipation Act of 1862. The Act ended slavery in the District, freed those held as slaves, compensated those who had legally owned the freed slaves and offered money to newly freed slaves to emigrate. The Act...
On April 16, 1862, President Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act, ending what many called the “national shame” of slavery in the nation’s capital. The Act provided for up to $300 for each slave owned by a Union slaveholder; freed slaves...
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