Griffin paid a record $13.7M for the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation. Both documents were signed by Abraham Lincoln.

A few years ago, a group of Iowa Republicans claimed the legitimate 13th Amendment to the Constitution was “missing.” The debate is part of an historical detective story with some surprising ...

Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate states to be free. This version, signed in 1864, had been expected to sell for ...

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A group of Democratic lawmakers has reintroduced a joint resolution to negate a clause in the 13th Amendment of the Constitution that permits slavery or involuntary servitude “as a punishment ...

The hedge-fund billionaire also paid a record $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution four years ago.

“In 2023, we still have legal slavery in the United States because Congress left this institution in place for “punishment for a crime” when it passed the Thirteenth Amendment.

Congressional Democrats want to amend a section of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, to end what they refer to as another form of slavery – forced prison labor.

Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.) detailed a proposal to abolish forced prison labor under the 13th Amendment during a livestream on June 19. (Video: Abolish Slavery National Network | Facebook) ...