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Southwest Airlines' First-Ever Lounges to Debut in Austin, Baltimore, Honolulu, and Nashville; with at Least Seven More Planned
Southwest lounge network represents the latest step in elevating the Customer Experience
DALLAS, Sept. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines…...
![Ownership of enslaved people remained legal in the District. It was not until the departure of the legislators from the seceding states that Congress could pass in 1862 the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act. The act provided partial compensation, up to $300 per slave, to slave owners.[1] It was paid from general federal funds. Even though the compensation was small, as before the war a productive slave was worth much more than $300,[2][3] it is the only place in the United States where slave owners received any compensation at all for freeing their slaves. Some slave owners, rather than manumitting (freeing) their enslaved workers for this small compensation, took them to Virginia and more profitably sold them there, which was legal.
Abolitionists, led by Massachusetts Representative and former President John Quincy Adams, focused on eliminating slavery in the District. They argued that the Constitution gave Congress full control over the laws of the District, including laws regarding slavery. States' rights was not a factor because the District was not a state. As Southern legislators realized, it was the first step toward outlawing slavery everywhere. The Emancipation Proclamation came five months after slavery ended in the District.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e2qarfoklzpw6sgbkme4b66n/bafkreick2cajrvqtdpto4zmitxmpetejzx6xtvzmsiyknh766ikjywsh7y)
