District of Columbia Slavery Question

Subject: District of Columbia Slavery Question Sat Jul 03, 2010 3:39 pm

On what day did the District of Columbia emancipate all their slaves and compensate the owners of those slaves for their lost property?

Subject: Re: District of Columbia Slavery Question Sat Jul 03, 2010 3:55 pm

april 16 1862

Subject: Re: District of Columbia Slavery Question Sat Jul 03, 2010 4:35 pm

Nice job DJ. That was really fast. Most people don't realize Washington DC had slaves at the start of the Civil War or that it was one of the largest slave trading cities in the United States leading up to the Civil War.