WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. will celebrate the 20 th anniversary of the Emancipation Day holiday this weekend. President Abraham Lincoln signed the D.C. Compensated Emancipation Act into law on ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The District will soon celebrate its 163rd D.C. Emancipation Day, marking 163 years since slavery was abolished in the city. By ending slavery in D.C., the D.C. Compensated ...

WASHINGTON — Each year on April 16, Washington, D.C., celebrates Emancipation Day — the day in 1862 when President Abraham Lincoln signed the DC Compensated Emancipation Act into law, freeing over ...

WASHINGTON — D.C. residents will celebrate Emancipation Day this weekend on Freedom Plaza. This year's celebration is on Sunday, April 14. Here's what to expect. Festivities will kick off at 2 p.m.

Georgetown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies (CSSL), which researches the history of enslavement, celebrated the history of emancipation from enslavement in Washington, D.C ...

On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in Washington, D.C., freeing more than 3,000 people. It was a joyful day that came after decades of effort by abolitionists and amid the ...

Tuesday will mark 162 years since the D.C. Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 freed thousands of enslaved people in the District. The city commemorated the milestone Sunday with a parade, music and ...

Georgetown University commemorated the 160th anniversary of the Compensated Emancipation Act through multiple campus events. The act abolished slavery in Washington, D.C. Passed by Congress in 1862, ...

Americans are getting ready to celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free, in Galveston, Texas. Although President Abraham ...