The D.C. Council unanimously approved the name “State of Washington, D.C.” in its push for statehood on Tuesday, rejecting the long-favored name of New Columbia.

However, instead of the D.C. standing for District of Columbia, it would refer to Douglass Commonwealth, in honor of Frederick Douglass, a black abolitionist who lived in Washington from 1877 to 1895. His family’s final home is atop a hill by the Anacostia River and is a National Historic Site.