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

This is the second part of a series in which we examine history from a different angle. The business card has been in its ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is displaying a 161-year-old text that paved the way for the abolition of ...

Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ...