It was unlike any book they had ever seen,” Carrie Gibson writes in The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery in the Americas, “filled with Biblical and historical images, with many ...

On Jan. 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, granting freedom to all enslaved persons ...

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln is available for public viewing at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) in Springfield. The historic ...

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the legendary Emancipation Proclamation—one of the most significant documents in human history and a grand edict that paved the way to the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which said all enslaved people in Confederate states were free. The packed sanctuary at the ...

The public is invited to Peterboro, in Madison County, on Wednesday for a New Year’s Eve event commemorating the issuing of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. Events run ...

Reflecting on the historic anniversary of the document by Pres. Abraham Lincoln that freed slaves, state Rep. Floyd L. Griffin Jr. says it’s important to remember to walk with “boots on the ground” ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - An opportunity to get a closer look at one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The International African American Museum will host several events Wednesday and Thursday to commemorate Emancipation Day. The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — An annual parade in downtown Charleston celebrates the historical meaning behind the first day of each year. Emancipation Day commemorates the anniversary of the Emancipation ...