16 July 1790: Pres. #Washington signs the Residence Act, establishing the District of #Columbia as the #capital of the U.S. D.C. is picked to appease pro-slavery states who feared a northern capital as being too sympathetic to abolitionists. #history#adamzn.to/2DMI3Tf
16 July 1790: Pres. Washington signs the Residence Act, establishing the District of #Columbia as the #capital of the U.S. D.C. is picked to appease pro-slavery states who feared a northern capital as being too sympathetic to #abolitionists. #history#adamzn.to/2DMI3Tf