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On the recordJanuary 31, 1864
The colonists will be brought to Washington, unless otherwise hereafter directed, and be employed and provided for at the camps for colored persons around that city.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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Executive Order—Regarding the Colonization Experiment

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