https://mallhistory.org/files/original/8c2b55cca8621152c219be3a99430b6b.jpg d8f2bd82e152b768a5f1f14a52654d81 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Width 778 Height 277 Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 IPTC String caption:D.C. Emancipation Act, Public Law 37-50, April 16,1862 Page 1 [Height] 21 1/2" [Width] 15 5/8" Record Group 011 General Records of the U.S. Government ReDiscovery #03545 ARC ID #299814 03545_2008_001 special_instructions:Original document byline:U.S. National Archives Records A credit:U.S. National Archives and Recor source:U.S. National Archives and Recor keyword:Job 08-A2-124, DC Emancipation IPTC Array a:6:{s:7:"caption";s:199:"D.C. Emancipation Act, Public Law 37-50, April 16,1862 Page 1 [Height] 21 1/2" [Width] 15 5/8" Record Group 011 General Records of the U.S. Government ReDiscovery #03545 ARC ID #299814 03545_2008_001";s:20:"special_instructions";s:17:"Original document";s:6:"byline";s:32:"U.S. National Archives Records A";s:6:"credit";s:32:"U.S. National Archives and Recor";s:6:"source";s:32:"U.S. National Archives and Recor";s:7:"keyword";s:30:"Job 08-A2-124, DC Emancipation";} Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Thirty-seventh Congress of the United States of America. At the second Session, Begun and held at the city of Washington on Monday, the second day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. An Act For the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled that all persons held to service or labor within the District of Columbia by reason of African descent are hereby discharged and freed of and from all claim to such service or labor, and from and after the passage of this act neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except for crime whereof the party shall be duly convicted shall hereafter exist in said District. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource An Act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia Description An account of the resource 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, compensation to loyal Unionist slaveholders of up to $300 for each slave, and voluntary emigration of former slaves to colonies outside of the United States. The April 16 act stipulated that emancipation and compensation applied only to slaves working and slaveholders residing in the District of Columbia as of that date. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thirty-seventh Congress of the United States of America. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/16/1862 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1860-1889 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Archives at Washington, DC. <a href="http://research.archives.gov/description/299814">View original.</a> politics & protest