District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act
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district-of-columbia-compensated-emancipation-act-265-9094208
title:
District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act
text:
An Act for the Release of certain Persons held to Service or Labor in the District of Columbia, 37th Cong., Sess. 2, ch. 54, 12 Stat. 376, known colloquially as the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act or simply Compensated Emancipation Act, was a law that ended slavery in the District of Columbia, while providing slave owners who remained loyal to the United States in the then-ongoing Civil War to petition for compensation. Although not written by him, the act was signed by U.S. Pr
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description:
1862 U.S. federal law ending slavery in DC
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Compensated_Emancipation_Act
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date modified:
2024-04-17T02:32:05Z
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