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Celebration of the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia by the Colored People, in Washington, April 19, 1866,”

Free at last: This illustration, “Celebration of the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia by the Colored People, in Washington, April 19, 1866,” by Frederick Dielman, was published in Harper’s Weekly in 1866. (Getty Images).