Ashley became the driving force for the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, legally ending slavery forever. [Jerry Klinger] ...

Emancipation Day marks the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862. More than 3,000 enslaved ...

Thousands turned out Sunday to partake in D.C.’s parade marking Emancipation Day, the day in 1862 that 3,000 enslaved people ...

What did the Emancipation Act do and how is it different from the Emancipation Proclamation? The DC Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 was passed by Congress and signed by President Lincoln.

This momentous occasion happened nearly nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation took effect and made D.C. the only jurisdiction in the United States to compensate slaveholders for their l ...

This week’s quiz is on accidental intelligence leaks. Wednesday: In 2023 a hacker accidentally found what important government document on the server of a regional airline? Tuesday: In 2014 ...

WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — Wichita Mayor Lily Wu says she’s been getting threatening and racist messages after her signature was missing from a transgender proclamation last month. Wu posted on ...

About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive ... like the President's Proclamation of Emancipation in America, are to make these years forever ...

The Trump administration maintains that right was intended to help formerly enslaved people after the Emancipation Proclamation and ... Trump's order violates the plain text of the Constitution ...