District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act
April 1862 law freeing more than 3,100 people in Washington and paying their owners up to $300 each.
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Abraham Lincoln
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- Wikidata Q5283407
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- signed by:
- Abraham Lincolnsince 16 Apr 1862
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