Before it hits the auction block next week, a souvenir copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln spent one afternoon in Philadelphia. People came for the signature and stayed for ...

When the new year arrived at midnight on Jan. 1, 1863, the quiet of most of the region’s small towns and rural expanses might well have been briefly disturbed by church bells ringing out. But there’s ...

Picture the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil War-era executive order that changed the legal status of enslaved African Americans in secessionist states, and you might imagine a large broadside, ...

April 15 (UPI) --For the first time in history, two key documents related to the emancipation of slaves in the 19th century are on display at the same time at the National Archives Museum in ...

After shaking hands with visitors to the White House for four hours on Jan. 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln’s right arm trembled as he prepared to sign the Emancipation Proclamation later that afternoon. It ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – In 1861, Major General John C.

It’s easy to hear the word “emancipation” and immediately think of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which freed American slaves on Jan. 1, 1863. But in D.C., emancipation came ...