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Tag: April 16 1862April 16 – District of Columbia EmancipationOn 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. Posted by Darren Cole on April 16, 2011, under April, Documents. |
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