District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act
An Act for the Release of certain Persons [Black slaves] held to Service or Labor within the District of Columbia, 37th Cong., Sess. 2, ch. 54, , 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, providing slave owners partial compensation for releasing their slaves. Although not written by him, the Act was signed by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 16, 1862. April 16 is now celebrated in the city as Emancipation Day.
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District of Columbia
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37th Cong.
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slavery in the District of Columbia
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partial compensation for releasing their slaves
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U.S. President
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Abraham Lincoln
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Emancipation Day
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District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act
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April 16, 1862
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16
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