Compensated Emancipation: What is the value of a person? A glimpse of slaves’ lives emerges from 1862 emancipation documents 0 researchok HistoryMay 2012Friday, May 4, 2012 at 1:04 am PDT • Views: 1,190 neh.gov More African Americans Compensated Emancipation Act Documents Emancipation Proclamation Civil War