Blacks Total Slaves and slavery are mentioned only indirectly in the 1787 Constitution for example Article 1 Section 2 Clause 3 prescribes that "three fifths of all other Persons" are to be counted for the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives and direct taxes Additionally in Article 4 Section 2 Clause 3 slaves are referred to as "persons held in service or labor" the Founding Fathers however did make important efforts to contain slavery Many Northern states had adopted legislation to end or significantly reduce slavery during and after the American Revolution in 1782 Virginia passed a manumission law that allowed slave owners to free their slaves by will or deed. As a result thousands of slaves were manumitted in Virginia. Thomas Jefferson in 1784 proposed to ban slavery in all the Western Territories which failed to pass Congress by one vote. Partially following Jefferson's plan Congress did ban slavery in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 for lands north of the Ohio River. . In January 1791 the President proceeded to appoint in accordance with the Residence Act a three-member commission consisting of Daniel Carroll Thomas Johnson and David Stuart to oversee the surveying of the federal district and appointed Andrew Ellicott as surveyor Washington informed Congress of the site selection on January 24 and suggested that Congress amend the Act to allow the capital to encompass areas to the south of the Eastern Branch including Alexandria Virginia Congress agreed with this suggestion passing an amendment to the Act that Washington approved on March 3 1791 However consistent with language in the original Act the amendment specifically prohibited the "erection of the public buildings otherwise than on the Maryland side of the river Potomac". . As a protection for slavery the delegates approved Section 2 of Article IV which prohibited states from freeing slaves who fled to them from another state and required the return of chattel property to owners. The river forms part of the borders between Maryland and Washington D.C on the left descending bank and West Virginia and Virginia on the river's right descending bank the majority of the lower Potomac River is part of Maryland Exceptions include a small tidal portion within the District of Columbia and the border with Virginia being delineated from "point to point" (thus various bays and shoreline indentations lie in Virginia) Except for a small portion of its headwaters in West Virginia the North Branch Potomac River is considered part of Maryland to the low water mark on the opposite bank the South Branch Potomac River lies completely within the state of West Virginia except for its headwaters which lie in Virginia. . A statute enacted as part of the compromise prohibited the slave trade but allowed slavery itself in the District of Columbia. Southerners in Congress were unanimous in opposing that provision which was seen as a concession to the abolitionists but they were outvoted.
A new and permanent C/D concourse (also called "Tier 2") is planned as part of the D2 Dulles Development Project the new building is to include a three-level structure with 44 airline gates and similar amenities to Concourse B the concourse plan includes a dedicated mezzanine corridor with moving sidewalks to serve international passengers the design and construction of the new C/D concourse has not been scheduled. When built it is planned that both terminals will be connected to the main terminal and other concourses via the AeroTrain to that extent the AeroTrain station at Concourse C was built at the location where the future Concourse C/D structure is proposed to be built and is connected to the existing Concourse C via an underground walkway, The only confirmed photo of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg some three hours before the speech Lincoln is slightly left of center just behind the mass of blurry people. .
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