Publications
02/07/2012
This article from The Hill outlines the quest of Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) to publically recognize the slaves' role in building the US Capitol.
Slave_Labor_Task_Force.pdf - 56.6 KB (pdf)
02/07/2012
A Republican Text-Book for Colored Voters
- A_Republican_Text-Book_for_Colored_Voters.pdf - 59.5 KB (pdf)
02/07/2012
This article from The Washington Times examines the use of slave labor to build the US Capitol building.
- Capitol_Slave_Labor_Studied.pdf - 56.1 KB (pdf)
02/07/2012
A pamphlet by Algernon Sidney Crapsey delivered at a mass meeting of citizens in the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church
- A_Constitutional_Defense_of_the_Negro.pdf - 58.8 KB (pdf)
01/30/2012
DC Law 15-288, the District of Columbia Emancipation Day Amendment Act of 2004 made April 16 a recognized holiday
- emancipation_day_amendment_act.pdf - 220.8 KB (pdf)
03/02/2009
This order re-establishes the Emancipation Commemoration Commission in the District of Columbia government.
- MayorsOrder_2008-37.pdf - 61.3 KB (pdf)
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