Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Loretta Carter Hanes was researching at a library in her hometown of Washington, D.C., when she came across a piece of local ...

President Joe Biden this week commemorated the 160th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery during the Civil War. The proclamation, issued on Jan. 1, ...

"This collection arose from a symposium on the Emancipation Proclamation held at the Pennsylvania State University in April 2007 as part of the Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lecture Series ...

NASHVILLE -- President Abraham Lincoln's historic 1863 Emancipation Proclamation will be on display at the Tennessee State Museum in 2013 in a rare trip beyond its home in the National Archives in ...

On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln presided at the annual White House New Year’s reception. Later that afternoon, he retired to his study to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. The first time he attempted to ...

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Four ways to freedom -- President will rise -- Instrument in God's hands -- Mighty act -- Fame takes him by the hand -- Postscript: Father Abraham -- Appendix -- ...

Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin added two of the most iconic artifacts in American history to his growing collection of rare documents — spending a combined $18.1 million for items signed ...

On Saturday, Washingtonians will celebrate the 160th anniversary of Emancipation Day, which commemorates President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the law that freed enslaved people in the capital. But ...

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ST. LOUIS – In 1861, Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President Abraham Lincoln’s more famous ...