A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln is available for public viewing at the Abraham ...

January 1 is one of the most noteworthy days in American history, marking President Abraham Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Abraham_Lincoln Lincoln altered the course of the ...

Lincoln lying in state after his assassination. Lincoln signed the proclamation ordering the end of slavery on Jan. 1 ...

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, but the word of the long-awaited news did not reach enslaved peoples in multiple parts of the country until much ...

Less than a year after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, while our nascent nation was still in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS)-- The Emancipation Proclamation and two other items related to the end of slavery are on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. As WBBM ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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.

The new Steven Spielberg blockbuster “Lincoln” focuses on the final months of the U.S. president’s life as he tries to find a way to end the Civil War and unite the country. Now, the document Lincoln ...

Allen Guelzo’s book leads us into contested territory. For more than a generation after the Civil War, Francis B. Carpenter’s painting “The Emancipation Proclamation,” portraying Lincoln as the great ...