Abraham Lincoln’s papers prove it. ... people of color proclaimed free this ... Blacks living in and around Port Royal and Beaufort had tasted freedom for months before Lincoln’s Jan. 1, 1863, ...

"3 Summers of Lincoln" is the story of the three times Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass met in the summers of 1862, 1863, and 1864. Gabriel Greene, La Jolla Playhouse's Director of Artistic ...

The nation’s leading black abolitionist visited Lincoln twice during the Civil War, first in August 1863 and again in August 1864. Douglass recalled no such hostility at either meeting.

The 72-foot-long mural, commissioned by Bohrer and painted by local artist Lise Miller, celebrates president Abraham Lincoln's train ride through the borough on Nov. 18, 1863, as he headed to ...

Black Lives Certainly Mattered to Abraham Lincoln ... 1863, Lincoln issued the ... Many were touched by how he shook their hands and made no acknowledgement of their race or skin color. Lincoln ...