The holiday has long served as a reminder of D.C.’s lack of statehood. Trump’s attacks on policies and ideology promoting ...

D.C. Emancipation Day celebrations continue, with a parade, festival, and concert commemorating the end of slavery in the ...

DC was only part of the U.S. to pay off slave owners for freeing enslaves persons they held.

Emancipation Day marks the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862. More than 3,000 enslaved ...

Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox. Happy “Liberation Day”. Donald Trump has promised to impose ...

What did the Emancipation Act do and how is it different from the Emancipation Proclamation? The DC Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 was passed by Congress and signed by President Lincoln.

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Thousands celebrate DC Emancipation Day with a parade, live entertainment, and fireworks, marking the 20th anniversary of the public holiday.

Georgetown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies (CSSL), which researches the history of enslavement, ...

Thousands turned out Sunday to partake in D.C.’s parade marking Emancipation Day, the day in 1862 that 3,000 enslaved people ...