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Wood engraving from Harper's Weekly, May 12, 1866.

Cheers for the end of slavery in the District of Columbia

CREDIT: F. Deilman. "Celebration of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, by the colored people in Washington, April 19, 1866." Wood engraving. from Harper's Weekly, May 12, 1866. African American Odyssey, Library of Congress.



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