The U.S. Mint could print one-cent scrips inexpensively ... Abraham Lincoln, the man who delivered the Emancipation Proclamation, is depicted on the penny. His presence has a magnifying effect ...

PEORIA – An original print of the Declaration of Independence, a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington and an original ...

Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that ...

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 ...