The congressional copy of the 13th Amendment — signed by President Abraham Lincoln, 37 senators and 111 congressmen — will be on display Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 ...

A UChicago legal scholar examines how forced labor persists in U.S. prisons—and what it will take to change the system ...

Stacker examined historical documentation to explore Juneteenth's history and significance and to confute the most egregious ...

Stacker collected images of Juneteenth celebrations over the years that showcase how the holiday has changed, from 1970 to ...

British researchers have determined that a “copy” of the Magna Carta owned ... It was reissued a number of times throughout the thirteenth century, and was released for the final time with ...

This is another reference to slavery, which was ended by the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment. The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in ...

And with slavery abolished by the 13th Amendment. The reunited nation realized it needed to fix the damage done by the Dredsky case. The Supreme Court further defined citizen in the 1898 ruling of ...

A faded “copy” of the royal Magna Carta manuscript ... the right to a fair trial — is one of seven copies of a 13th century version issued by King Edward I, according to academics who ...

The trip is being made at the invitations of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, French President Emmanuel ...

which made slavery illegal in the Confederacy and his push for the ratification of the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery nationwide. A gifted orator, Lincoln's 1863 Gettysburg Address at a ...