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Collection Reference Number GLC09401
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1848 
Title The Black Code of the District of Columbia in Force September 1st, 1848
Date 1848
Document Type Government document; Legal document
Content Description A compendium of the laws for slaves in Washington DC, The Black Code of the District of Columbia in Force September 1st, 1848, printed in New York by the Anti-Slavery Society.
Subjects Washington, D.C.  African American History  Slavery  Law  Abolition  Reform Movement  Slave Life  
Theme African Americans; Law; Slavery & Abolition
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859