Congress ended slavery in the federal district and paid compensation to enslavers, while formerly enslaved residents received no comparable payment. Black Washingtonians had petitioned and organized for freedom. The measure preceded national emancipation policy but preserved the era’s unequal assumption that slaveholders deserved compensation.
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