Emancipation in the District of Columbia, Letter From the Secretary of the Treasury, in Answer to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the ... of the Commissioners Appointed in Relati

Name: Emancipation in the District of Columbia, Letter From the Secretary of the Treasury, in Answer to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the ... of the Commissioners Appointed in Relati
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Excerpt from Emancipation in the District of Columbia, Letter From the Secretary of the Treasury, in Answer to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 11th of January<br/><br/>After a careful investigation they have reported favorably upon nine hundred and nine (909) entire petitions; they have rejected, entirely, thirty-six petitions, and in part, twenty-one petitions, for the reasons which will be found stated in their order. The whole number of servants for which compensation has been awarded is two thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine. And the whole number of servants for whom compensation has been withheld is one hundred and eleven, making a total of three thousand one hundred, included in the nine hundred and sixty six petitions. At the threshold of their labors the commissioners were impressed with the importance of having full information as to the value of slaves, independently of that to be derived from the claimants and their witnesses. The law fixes the maximum average of value, within which limitation the commissioners are re quired to appraise and apportion the value in money of the several claims.

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Binding:: Paperback
Languages:: Published: English , Original: English
Number of Pages:: 84
Publisher:: Forgotten Books
Publication Date:: 2018-10-09

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