A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln -- the highlight of a fascinating catalog -- sold at a Sotheby’s ...

Someone will get a chance to own two literal pieces of American history. The post Documents that Lincoln signed to end ...

Two of the most pivotal documents President Abraham Lincoln ever signed are coming up for sale. Rare copies of both the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment will be auctioned off in ...

This week marks the 160th anniversary of the passage of the 13th Amendment. Congress , dominated by free state Republicans after the secession of slaveholding states, worked for 18 months to ...

An Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, ... is predicted to snag somewhere between $3 million and $5 million. The document, officially issued on January 1, ...

Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States, and sent it to states for ratification. The am… ...

The Thirteenth Amendment (estimated at $8–12 million) and the Emancipation Proclamation (estimated at $3–5 million) are both signed by President Abraham Lincoln. The landmark documents, rarely ...