In April of 1862 the U.S. government passed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. Petitions for compensation offered to slave owners whose slaves were emancipated by the act are contained in this database. These descriptions range from meeting minutes to petitions submitted and compensations awarded as well as additional administrative documents. The particular section titled “Petitions Filed under the Act of July 12, 1862” will be searchable only by viewing the actual images of the records as certain aspects of the document made keying the information difficult.
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