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We’ve published another 67 petitions filed in response to the April 1862 DC Emancipation Act. Since late September, we have published more than 100 petitions on Civil War Washington. Included in this batch is one of the largest petitions in … Continue reading →

As part of our ongoing work to examine race, slavery, and emancipation in Civil War DC, we have made 40 additional emancipation petitions available on the site. Our goal is to publish the remainder of the petitions–both those filed following … Continue reading →