On Jan. 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, granting freedom to all enslaved persons ...

It’s the most significant executive order ever issued by a United States President. A 1,754-word document in legalese, the Emancipation Proclamation ultimately changed the course of U.S. history and ...

WASHINGTON (WHTM) — In September 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Then in January of 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. One of the details that ...

View Abraham Lincoln's signed Emancipation Proclamation at ALPLM in Springfield, featured in a special exhibit celebrating ...

In Milledgeville, over 100 gathered to mark the Emancipation Proclamation's anniversary, reflecting on its enduring impact ...

President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was one step along the way to end slavery in the United States. It was an important step, but it was not the only step, nor the last one, scholars ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Juneteenth commemorates when the last of the nation's enslaved people learned that they were free in Texas. A city on the First Coast was one of the first places in the South ...

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America, by Allen C. Guelzo (Simon & Schuster, 2004) This work, the first major treatment on the Emancipation Proclamation in 40 years, is ...