Today, the District of Columbia is observing D.C. Emancipation Day, the day in 1862 that President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act, ending slavery in the nation’s capital. Signed […]
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Today, the District of Columbia is observing D.C. Emancipation Day, the day in 1862 that President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act, ending slavery in the nation’s capital. Signed […]
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