Question

The Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 in the District of Columbia freed slaves in the District, and allowed for what in respect of each freed slave?

Answer 1

$300 to the owner, and $100 to the slave if he or she left the USA
In 1862 the U.S. Senate also approved a supplement to the original Act, allowing former slaves to petition for compensation if their ex-masters had not done so, and establishing that claims made by blacks and whites were weighted equally, whereas previously, the testimonies of blacks—enslaved or free—were discarded if challenged by a white person. The compensated emancipation model was never expanded beyond the District of Columbia.