Tag: Washington D.C.

District of Columbia Court and Emancipation Records, 1820-1863

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[vc_row gap="35"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Images of National Archives records from three the microfilm publications. Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862-1863,…[...]

Washington D.C., Pension Correspondence and Case Files of Formerly Enslaved People, 1892-1922

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[vc_row gap="35"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]This database contains documents related to the ex-slave pension movement in the United States in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The idea of providing pensions to former…[...]