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What is Emancipation Day?

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 ended slavery in Washington, DC, freed 3,100 individuals, reimbursed those who had legally owned them and offered the newly freed women and men money to emigrate. It is this legislation, and the courage and struggle of those who fought to make it a reality, that we commemorate every April 16, DC Emancipation Day.

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Emancipation Day Ecumenical Program

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A program that addresses the role of the faith-based community in the struggle for political, social, and economic

oppression with the special emphasis on the abolitionist movement in the District of Columbia under

the leadership of the Rev. John C. Cook, and the development of an ecumenical agenda in the struggle

for full voting representation for the District of Columbia in the Congress of the United States. 

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