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Thirty-seventh Congress of the United States of America. Items (1 total)
An Act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia
The District of Columbia Emancipation Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on April 16, 1862. Introduced during the thirty-seventh Congress in 1861, the Act granted the immediate emancipation of slaves in the District of Columbia,…
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