On this day,September seventeenth, he has finished his second draft of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

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In the District of Columbia, it was Emancipation Day, which commemorates the signing by Abraham Lincoln of the Compensated Emancipation Act on April 16, 1862.

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Emancipation Day marks the anniversary of the signing of the Compensated Emancipation Act by President Lincoln in 1862, which freed the slaves in the District of Columbia.

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Emancipation Day was made an official public holiday in the District of Columbia back in 2005, and it was also responsible for pushing back the tax filing deadline from April 16 to April 17 in 2007.

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