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Billionaire hedge funder and art collector Kenneth Griffin has revealed that he was the buyer of record-breaking copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, both signed by ...

John William Templeton, an African American historian from California, has been researching abolitionism and Abraham Lincoln and has come to know almost everything there is to know about the ...

ALBANY — The only surviving copy of the Emancipation Proclamation bearing President Abraham Lincoln's handwriting will tour the state this fall as the centerpiece of "The First Step to Freedom," an ...

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Click to open image viewer. This lithograph, printed in Milwaukee in 1864 by Louis Lipman, celebrates the Emancipation Proclamation. Issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, the ...

Ken Griffin, known for purchasing a Stegosaurus skeleton and a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution, recently acquired Abraham Lincoln's handwritten copy of the 13th Amendment. Griffin purchased the ...

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 ...

The National Archives has put a date to last year's announcement that the Emancipation Proclamation will go on permanent display. Starting in 2026, the historic document will find a home next to the ...

click image for close-up Click here for the text of this historical document. As early as 1849, Abraham Lincoln believed that slaves should be emancipated, advocating a program in which they would be ...