District of Columbia Emancipation Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legislation
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| gptkbp:aftermath |
increased calls for abolition
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
human rights advocacy
social justice movements African_American_history U.S._history |
| gptkbp:celebrates |
historical markers
events and celebrations |
| gptkbp:discusses |
historical texts
public discourse academic research documentaries |
| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
none |
| gptkbp:funding |
gptkb:U.S._Treasury
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| gptkbp:historicalContext |
Civil War era
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
first federal law to abolish slavery
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
District of Columbia Emancipation Act
|
| gptkbp:impact |
African_American_community
labor_market_in_D.C. |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
cultural factors economic factors abolitionist movement social factors political climate of the time |
| gptkbp:legacy |
paved the way for future civil rights legislation
|
| gptkbp:legalStatus |
abolished slavery
|
| gptkbp:location |
District of Columbia
|
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
Compensated Emancipation Act
|
| gptkbp:notableFigures |
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:Charles_Sumner Sojourner Truth Thaddeus Stevens |
| gptkbp:partOf |
Civil Rights history
District of Columbia history U.S._legislative_history American_legal_framework Abolitionist_history U.S._constitutional_history |
| gptkbp:predecessor |
gptkb:Slavery_in_the_District_of_Columbia
|
| gptkbp:publicAccess |
mixed support and opposition
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
to_abolish_slavery_in_the_District_of_Columbia
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
Emancipation Proclamation
|
| gptkbp:responsibleFor |
slave owners
|
| gptkbp:signature |
President_Abraham_Lincoln
|
| gptkbp:significantEvent |
freed approximately 3,100 enslaved individuals
|
| gptkbp:sponsor |
gptkb:Senator_James_H._Lane
|
| gptkbp:successor |
Thirteenth Amendment
|
| gptkbp:yearEstablished |
April 16, 1862
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