Harrison, Lowell H.; Klotter, James C. (1997). A New History of Kentucky. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. p. 180. ISBN0813126215. Archived from the original on March 11, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
American Memory "Abolition in the District of ColumbiaArchived 2016-08-21 at the Wayback Machine", Today in History, Library of Congress, viewed December 15, 2014. On April 16, 1862, Lincoln signed a bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia and providing compensation for enslavers, five months before the victory at Antietam led to the Emancipation Proclamation.
American Memory "Abolition in the District of ColumbiaArchived 2016-08-21 at the Wayback Machine", Today in History, Library of Congress, viewed December 15, 2014. On April 16, 1862, Lincoln signed a bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia and providing compensation for enslavers, five months before the victory at Antietam led to the Emancipation Proclamation.
Harrison, Lowell H.; Klotter, James C. (1997). A New History of Kentucky. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. p. 180. ISBN0813126215. Archived from the original on March 11, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2016.