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

Griffin paid a record $13.7M for the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation. Both documents were ...

There were no British soldiers in the American colonies for 130 years. Colonists distrusted soldiers due to stories of brutality against civilians by soldiers under orders of tyrannical kings in ...

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln -- the highlight of a fascinating catalog -- sold at a Sotheby’s ...

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

An Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, ... marking the first change to Constitution in 60 years at the time of its ratification ... who passed it for ratification by the states.

As people across the country celebrated Juneteenth, some question whether or not lawmakers in 1865 actually intended to ...

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War.

The following is the full text of the U.S. Constitution: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the ...

On Saturday, the Texas legislature gave final approval to Senate Bill 12, an expansion of Texas' anti-DEI policy for public and charter schools that supporters have hailed as a "Bill of Parental ...

Juneteenth holiday: The White House held no celebrations for Juneteenth, the holiday that was enshrined in federal law four years ago to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States ...