[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Just_Here 🇺🇸 [@MeJust_Viewing](/creator/twitter/MeJust_Viewing) on x XXX followers Created: 2025-07-25 22:42:09 UTC President Lincoln signed the bill District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act into law on April 16, 1862 freeing enslaved people in the district and compensating owners up to $XXX for each freeperson. The Hartford Daily Courant celebrated that, “Not a slave exists in the District of Columbia … Their shackles have fallen, never to be restored.” In the months following the enactment of the law, commissioners approved more than XXX petitions, granting freedom to XXXXX former enslaved people. When Congress passed the DC Emancipation Act in April 1862, giving compensation to 'loyal' owners, Coakley a leader of the black Catholic community in Washington successfully petitioned for his wife and children, since he had purchased their freedom in earlier years. The federal government paid him $1489.20 for eight people he 'owned'; he had claimed their value at $3,300." Lincoln didn't help write this bill nor did he have anything to do with it, except to sign the bill because it passed the House and Senate. I love how President Lincoln are condemned by people like @queenie4rmnola who refuses to tell the whole story. This bill was constructed by Abolitionist trying to abolish slavery by any means necessary. Yet, you have this queenie bitch who decides to once again stir the pot of division. XX engagements  **Related Topics** [columbia](/topic/columbia) [lincoln](/topic/lincoln) [Post Link](https://x.com/MeJust_Viewing/status/1948876451471933797)
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Created: 2025-07-25 22:42:09 UTC
President Lincoln signed the bill District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act into law on April 16, 1862 freeing enslaved people in the district and compensating owners up to $XXX for each freeperson. The Hartford Daily Courant celebrated that, “Not a slave exists in the District of Columbia … Their shackles have fallen, never to be restored.” In the months following the enactment of the law, commissioners approved more than XXX petitions, granting freedom to XXXXX former enslaved people. When Congress passed the DC Emancipation Act in April 1862, giving compensation to 'loyal' owners, Coakley a leader of the black Catholic community in Washington successfully petitioned for his wife and children, since he had purchased their freedom in earlier years. The federal government paid him $1489.20 for eight people he 'owned'; he had claimed their value at $3,300." Lincoln didn't help write this bill nor did he have anything to do with it, except to sign the bill because it passed the House and Senate. I love how President Lincoln are condemned by people like @queenie4rmnola who refuses to tell the whole story. This bill was constructed by Abolitionist trying to abolish slavery by any means necessary. Yet, you have this queenie bitch who decides to once again stir the pot of division.
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