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

Kenneth Griffin, the billionaire art collector and hedge fund founder, purchased the document that abolished slavery, as well ...

Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate ...

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

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Amid the uncertainty and potential changes in the naturalization process to be a U.S. citizen, here are five things to know.

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Democratic lawmakers to introduce anti-slavery constitutional amendment Democrats in the House and Senate will introduce a joint resolution Wednesday aimed at amending the 13th Amendment.