DC Emancipation Day: Enslavement Historical Walk (In-Person Event)

1000 Jefferson Drive Southwest,Washington DC 20560

16 April, 2022

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Washington, DC Emancipation Day: Enslavement Historical Walk (In-Person Event). Edward J. Ingebretsen - Washington, DC History & Culture. DC Emancipation Day: Enslavement Historical Walk (In-Person Event) We invite you to join us for in-person memorial walk (not a Zoom livestream) around the central district of historic Washington, DC covering the history of enslavement in the nation’s capital. The presentation will include historic notes to the region, buildings, and persons, and an overview of the Washington, DC's Emancipation Act of April 16, 1862, the “long emancipation,” which compensated DC slaver-owners. This act preceded Lincoln's emergency war measure, the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863. Neither act compensated the freed enslaved person. The memorial walk will begin at 1:00 pm on Emancipation Day, April 16, 2022. Meet in front of the Smithsonian Castle (1000 Jefferson Drive SW) on Independence Avenue. Emancipation Day is a regional government holiday observed in Washington D.C., USA. Emancipation Day marks April 16th, 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act. The Act freed over 3,000 enslaved persons in the District of Columbia eight months before President Lincoln issued his broader Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War. The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act means the District has the distinction of being the only part of the United States to have compensated slave owners for freeing enslaved persons they held. It has been an official public holiday in the District since 2005. The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the Civil War. The Proclamation changed the legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the secessionist Confederate states from enslaved to free. As soon as a slave escaped the control of his or her owner, either by running away across Union lines or through the advance of federal troops, the person was permanently free. In addition, the Proclamation allowed for the recruitment of former slaves into the paid service of the United States armed forces. __________________________ Tour Host: Edward J. Ingebretsen, Ph.D Ingebretsen holds advance degrees in Theology, Philosophy and Education, and a PH.D from Duke in American Literature and Culture. His courses include Anglo-colonial race theory and practice; animals, justice and culture; Gay culture and theory, and Ethics on the Fly: The daily practice of Moral habit. His publications include At Stake: Monsters and rhetoric of fear in American Culture (2001). And Maps of Heaven, Maps of Hell: Religious Terror as Memory from the Puritans to Stephen King (1995). He has lived in DC since he began teaching at Georgetown University in 1986. Ed Ingebretsen, Ph.D Georgetown University Emeritus Professor, English, American Studies, Animal Studies [email protected] YouTube Previously Recorded Program Enslaved Washington, DC: 1790-2021 YouTube Link - Click Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxdB5yW-yR4 ________________________ Washington, DC History & Culture A non-profit community organization. Experience the history and culture of Washington, DC - and the world! For more entertaining and educational programs visit us at: Facebook https://www.Facebook.com/DCHistoryAndCulture Eventbrite https://DCHistoryAndCulture.Eventbrite.com Meetup https://www.Meetup.com/DCHistoryAndCulture YouTube http://www.youtube.com/c/WashingtonDCHistoryCulture We look forward to seeing you - thanks! Robert Kelleman [email protected] 202-821-6325 (text only) History & Culture Travels / Washington, DC History & Culture