Before the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, many other approaches to emancipation were proposed in Congress. One method—paying slave owners for enslaved persons in exchange for freeing them—passed for the District of Columbia in 1862. Slave owner Margaret Barber received $9,351.30 in compensation for freeing her slaves.
The advance of the Gunboats up the river to New Berne, N. Carolina. Passing the Barricade
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
