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Lincoln abolished slavery in Washington, DC, ... She learned that in April 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, ...

The president instead based his legal argument for abolishing slavery on the Constitution’s grant of war powers to the president. Claiming that slavery was enabling the rebels of the South to ...

Indeed, as president-elect from 1860-61, Lincoln tried to assure southern slave states that he had no intention of abolishing slavery, vowing that he only intended to contain slavery to the states ...

Historian Eric Foner traces how Lincoln's thoughts about slavery — and freed slaves — mirrored America's own transformation in The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery.

President Abraham Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation effective January 1, 1863. ... After the Civil War, the U.S. abolished slavery nationwide.

Today’s question: Several years ago I read in a "history" book that said Congress and the president passed legislation in the late 1790s that outlawed slavery.

Director Steven Spielberg and playwright Tony Kushner pull silver from a bucket of pennies in “Lincoln,” finding fresh insights into the 16th president of the United States.

editorial on Lincoln policy. Skip to content Skip to site index ... The President and Slavery. Share full article. June 24, 1862. Credit... The New York Times Archives.