The bill for the immediate abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia has passed both Houses of Congress and only wants the signature of the President to become law. The vote in the house was, ayes 93, nays 39.
– Published in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 19, 1862
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia
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