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This book contains abstracts of petitions submitted by ex-slaveholders seeking monetary compensation for their slaves freed by the District of Columbia emancipation act of 1862. Under the original act and subsequent legislation, there were approximately 1Provine, Dorothy S. is the author of 'Compensated Emancipation in the District of Columbia: Petitions under the Act of April 16, 1862', published 2009 under ISBN 9780788431838 and ISBN 0788431838.
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