restrictions on slavery in the District were probably coming was a major factor in the retrocession of the Virginia part of the District back to Virginia in 1847...

Lincoln, slavery in the District of Columbia, which the Southern contingent had protected, was abolished in 1862. The Union-occupied territories of Louisiana...

formally the District of Columbia and commonly called Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac...

as the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act or simply Compensated Emancipation Act, was a law that ended slavery in the District of Columbia...

slavery in the District of Columbia. History of slavery in Alaska History of slavery in Colorado History of slavery in Montana History of slavery in Nebraska...

The District of Columbia has a mayor–council government that operates under Article One of the United States Constitution and the District of Columbia...

The District of Columbia was created in 1801 as the federal district of the United States, with territory previously held by the states of Maryland and...

trade in 1808, prohibited the slave trade in the District of Columbia in 1850, outlawed slavery in the District of Columbia in 1862, and, with the Thirteenth...

trying to decide whether to end slavery in the District of Columbia. Many abolitionists emphasized the sinfulness of slave owners, but Lincoln did not...

called in the South. There was a special focus on slavery in the District of Columbia, where policy was a federal, rather than state, matter. The petitions...