LinkLinksOpinion Natalie Hopkinson in The Root: Maybe We Don’t Celebrate DC’s Emancipation Day Because We’re Not Actually Free By Editor On Apr 16, 2020 Last updated Apr 16, 2020 38 Share Today, April 16, marks the date 158 years ago, when Washington, D.C., became the only American jurisdiction to end slavery by paying $1 million in ransom to slaveholders to free the 3,100 people enslaved in the nation’s capital. 38 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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