The handbill that informed slaves in Texas of their freedom was given out June 19, 1865, more than two years after President ...

Issued by President Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation freed people enslaved in the Confederate States — ...

We thought it would be illuminating for you to read President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, issued on Jan. 1, 1863. A Proclamation. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September ...

The date is becoming more widely known due to the efforts of Black historians who have been sharing the date's importance throughout the state.

The meeting soon adjourned, and the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation was issued that ... “than I do in signing this paper. If my name goes into history, it will be for this act, and my ...

The four papers at Paris which have undertaken ... It is generally conceded that the emancipation proclamation will add another obstacle in the way of recognition, but as there never was, and ...

The Deseret News, a weekly paper at the time ... stories and editorials from Deseret News archives about the Emancipation Proclamation and its history and effect: ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's special events for Juneteenth will include the display of a signed copy ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's special events for Juneteenth will include the display of a signed copy ...