District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act
... that the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act freed slaves in Washington, D.C. almost nine months before the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation?
... that the <b id="mwCwo"><a href="./District_of_Columbia_Compensated_Emancipation_Act" id="mwCws" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act">District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act</a></b> freed slaves in <a href="./Washington,_D.C." id="mwCww" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> almost nine months before the passage of the <a href="./Emancipation_Proclamation" id="mwCw0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emancipation Proclamation">Emancipation Proclamation</a>?