Every loyal, patriotic heart throughout the country will rejoice that Abraham Lincoln has signed the bill for the immediate Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia. The stain of African Slavery is removed from the National Capital.
– Published in the Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Thursday, April 17, 1862 and also in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 19, 1862
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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