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

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

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 ...

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

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

It includes for the first time, six documents such as the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation, which can removed and framed. This is the best introduction to Lincoln for those who ...

Among other items from his presidency is a pocket-sized edition of the Emancipation Proclamation, which was handed out to Black Union soldiers. The auction of Lincoln ephemera comes at a time of ...

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 ...

In the Christian tradition, Easter is the incarnation of that hope, in the witness of the life, death and resurrection of ...

For the first time, the Oklahoma Trail of Tears Association marked the graves of Cherokee Freedmen who survived the Trail of ...