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The Virginia General Assembly voted in February 1846 to accept the return of Alexandria and on July 9 1846 Congress agreed to return all the territory that had been ceded by Virginia Therefore the District's current area consists only of the portion originally donated by Maryland. Confirming the fears of pro-slavery Alexandrians the Compromise of 1850 outlawed the slave trade in the District although not slavery itself. . 6.5 Amphibians 6.2 Museums Washington D.C. Business Directory 14.5 Memory and historiography Where demand for slaves was the strongest was in what was then the southwest of the country: Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana and later Texas Arkansas and Missouri Here there was abundant land suitable for plantation agriculture which young men with some capital established This was expansion of the white monied population: younger men seeking their fortune. . Slaveholders included people of African ancestry an African former indentured servant who settled in Virginia in 1621 Anthony Johnson became one of the earliest documented slave owners in the mainland American colonies when he won a civil suit for ownership of John Casor in 1830 there were 3,775 such black slaveholders in the South who owned a total of 12,760 slaves a small percent out of a total of over 2 million slaves. 80% of the black slaveholders were located in Louisiana South Carolina Virginia and Maryland. Census According to 2017 Census Bureau data the population of Washington D.C was 47.1% Black or African American 45.1% White (36.8% non-Hispanic White) 4.3% Asian 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native and 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Individuals from two or more races made up 2.7% of the population Hispanics of any race made up 11.0% of the District's population, Main articles: French and Indian War George Washington in the French and Indian War and Seven Years' War. ; Lowest elevation 0 ft (0 m) Other professional and semi-professional teams in Washington include: Old Glory DC (Major League Rugby) the Washington Kastles (World TeamTennis); the Washington D.C Slayers (USA Rugby League); the Baltimore Washington Eagles (U.S Australian Football League); the D.C Divas (Independent Women's Football League); and the Potomac Athletic Club RFC (Rugby Super League) the William H.G FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park hosts the Citi Open Washington is also home to two major annual marathon races: the Marine Corps Marathon which is held every autumn and the Rock 'n' Roll USA Marathon held in the spring the Marine Corps Marathon began in 1976 and is sometimes called "The People's Marathon" because it is the largest marathon that does not offer prize money to participants.