As early as 1849, Abraham Lincoln believed that ... No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared, "all persons ...

Lincoln then read aloud a 325-word first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, intended to free slaves in Confederate areas not under United States authority. Salmon P. Chase, secretary of the ...

Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President ...

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

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected ... But it was only after Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation that the federal army would officially accept black soldiers into ...

In 2025, D.C. is celebrating 20 years of officially observing the holiday. A parade, festival, concert and fireworks will ...

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

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

Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County ... In September 1862, Lincoln announced his preliminary emancipation proclamation. The President warned that if the rebellion did not ...

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