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In 1848, in Washington D.C. was a bustling hub of leadership and trade, but it was also a major slave-trading center. The city had dozens of slave pens and markets dedicated to the horrific sale of human beings.But that year, one man’s desperation culminated in the largest, and potentially most brazen, escape of slaves the nation had ever seen.

Even though 77 hopeful fugitives were caught just two days after trying to escape aboard The Pearl, their daring attempt would inspire abolitionists nationwide.

In the wake of the #Pearl Incident, the sale of human beings was banned by Congress in the Compromise of 1850, forcing the merchants of human misery into neighboring states that allowed the sale or to work underground.

Finally, in 1862, as the war against slavery raged, #Abraham Lincoln freed every slave in the capital, ending a dark and shameful chapter in that city’s history.

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