Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Otis Elevator Company -- History.; Slavery -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.; Antislavery movements -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.; Elevators -- United States -- History.
Other titles: September 20
Description: Provides access to information about the law enacted by the United States Congress to abolish the slave trade in the District of Columbia on September 20, 1850. Also presents a history of the Otis Elevator Company which first opened on September 20, 1853 as a small factory on the banks of the Hudson River in Yonkers, N.Y.
Notes: Title from home page (viewed on Feb. 23, 2004).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: DC abolishes the slave trade; title: Otis and his elevator.