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 ...

Ohio lawmakers are moving to amend a portion of the state’s constitution that permits slavery as a form of punishment for ...

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

"In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter," says civil rights attorney Damon ...

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Emancipation Proclamation and Thirteenth Amendment. (Courtesy of Sotheby's via SWNS) By Dean Murray Two era-defining documents that ended slavery and reshaped American history are to be auctioned.

Two Democratic state representatives are working on a joint resolution that would remove slavery from the state’s constitution, the Ohio Capital Journal reports.

There were no British soldiers in the American colonies for 130 years. Colonists distrusted soldiers due to stories of brutality against civilians by soldiers under orders of tyrannical kings in ...

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln -- the highlight of a fascinating catalog -- sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $12 million.