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April 16, 2019 Last Aired June 19, 2021
District of Columbia Emancipation Act of 1862

Historians discussed the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act of April 16, 1862. The act freed about 3,100 slaves in the nation’s capital and compensated owners up to $300 for e…
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February 28, 2017 Last Aired May 14, 2017
Harriet Tubman and the Maryland Underground Railroad

The Maryland Park Service, together with the National Park Service, recently opened the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. To commemorate the ope…
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