The Congress of the United States abolished the slave trade in the District of Columbia on this date in 1850 as part of the so-called Compromise of 1850.
Slavery itself continued in the capital of the United States until April 1862.
The Congress of the United States abolished the slave trade in the District of Columbia on this date in 1850 as part of the so-called Compromise of 1850.
Slavery itself continued in the capital of the United States until April 1862.