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April 16 – District of Columbia Emancipation
by Darren Cole on April 16, 2011
The District of Columbia Emancipation Act, Page 1
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, 04/16/1862 (ARC ID 299814); General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; National Archives.”]
On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this act came 9 months before President Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation. The act brought to conclusion decades of agitation aimed at ending what antislavery advocates called "the national shame" of slavery in the nation's capital.
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TAGS 1862-04-16, April 16, April 16 1862, civil rights, District of Columbia Emancipation, emancipation, Washington DC
