Washington, D.C. Civil War Records
Eight months after the Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the South, the Compensated Emancipation Act, signed in April 1862, freed the slaves in Washington, D.C. The remimbursement petitions showed the names, ages, histories and descriptions of 3,000 African Americans.
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Washington, D.C. Civil War Records
Eight months after the Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the South, the Compensated Emancipation Act, signed in April 1862, freed the slaves in Washington, D.C. The remimbursement petitions showed the names, ages, histories and descriptions of 3,000 African Americans.