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Today in DC History: City Celebrates Emancipation Day Signed on April 16, 1862, the act not only freed enslaved Washingtonians nearly nine months before Lincoln issued the
Emancipation Proclamation, but it paid former "owners" who stayed loyal to Union $300 per freed slaves, and encouraged former slaves
... read moreDC government offices, schools closed in honor of Emancipation Day Lincoln freed the slaves in DC nine months before he issued the
Emancipation Proclamation, which led to all slaves being freed.. The District is observing Emancipation Day on Friday. That means there will be weekend or holiday traffic patterns in the
... read moreTea Party brews "Emancipation Day" tax protest on April 15 ... the day tax returns would be due had not the Federal government moved the tax day deadline to April 18 in order to celebrate Emancipation Day, the day slavery formally ended with the signing of the
Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln.
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