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No. Washington DC was founded as a federal district from land ceded by the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia (although the Virginia land was eventually retroceded back to the Commonwealth).

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Technically, no. The District of Columbia had slavery until April 16, 1862, but it is a federal district, not a state.

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george was not a slave, but he owned 277 slaves when he died on Mount Vernon,Virginia.

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