出预算的 40%。8 1862 年，美利坚合众国总统亚伯拉罕·林肯签署了《特区有偿解放奴隶法案》，要求立即解放被奴役的人，并对此向前奴隶主按每个获得自由者给付的 300 美元。9 在不到一年的时间里，930 份赔偿申请完全或部分获得了
In 1862, the President of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln, signed the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, requiring the immediate emancipation of enslaved people in exchange for US$ 300 for each freed person payable to former slave owners. 9