Kenneth Griffin, the billionaire art collector and hedge fund founder, purchased the document that abolished slavery, as well ...

The record-breaking sale comes just a few years after he paid $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution.

Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate ...

Griffin reportedly plans to lend his copies of the Thirteenth Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation to a US institution ...

Someone will get a chance to own two literal pieces of American history. The post Documents that Lincoln signed to end slavery to be auctioned off appeared first on Talker.

President Donald Trump was visibly impressed by how well Liberian President Joseph Boakai spoke English, the West Africa ...

Juneteenth commemorates the day (June 19th, 1865) Union soldiers made it to Galveston, Texas, to inform the last group of enslaved people that they had been freed under President Abraham Lincoln ...

Two era-defining documents that ended slavery and reshaped American history are to be auctioned. The Thirteenth Amendment (estimated at $8–12 million) and the Emancipation Proclamation ...

They offer collectors a rare glimpse into the enduring legacy of Lincoln’s vision for the legal abolition of slavery in the United States.

The Thirteenth Amendment (estimated at $8–12 million) and the Emancipation Proclamation (estimated at $3–5 million) are both signed by President Abraham Lincoln. The landmark documents, rarely ...