Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

Crews from multiple rural fire departments on Saturday responded to a house fire east of Lincoln that caused an estimated $400,000 worth of damage. Just after 10 a.m., firefighters were called to ...

President Abraham Lin­coln signs a bill ending slavery in Washington, D.C. Approximately nine months later he would issue the ...

DC was only part of the U.S. to pay off slave owners for freeing enslaves persons they held.

D.C. Emancipation Day celebrations continue, with a parade, festival, and concert commemorating the end of slavery in the ...

The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. As a student of leadership, I found it one of the most insightful books on the theme. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and ...

It seems as if Tammany Hall, the most well-known example of a “political machine,” has faded into the void at the center of ...

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

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

Next month, history buffs will have the opportunity to bid on the gloves that President Lincoln wore on the night of his ...

The holiday has long served as a reminder of D.C.’s lack of statehood. Trump’s attacks on policies and ideology promoting ...

American schoolchildren are taught that the slaves in confederate states were freed when Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. However, while that may be true in ...