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Where DC's enslaved were freed first
April 16, 1862
Lincoln Park, Washington
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Freed about 3,100 people in the District nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation, the only place where the federal government paid owners compensation. Emancipation Day is still a city holiday.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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