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

An Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, as well as a copy of the Emacipation Proclamation, are heading to ...

Rare copies of both the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment will be auctioned off in Sotheby’s upcoming books ...

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

Juneteenth is often described as the day “slavery ended in Texas,” but the truth behind it tells a deeper, more sobering ...