To Christy Coleman, president of the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar, the Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important documents in American history. "I'd put it in the top ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CLAIBORNE PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A man ...

Discussions of the Emancipation Proclamation on the national and state level will be held Sept. 17 and 21 as the document's 150th anniversary nears. A program sponsored by the National Endowment of ...

ST. LOUIS – In 1861, Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President Abraham Lincoln’s more famous ...

PHILADELPHIA — Less than a year after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, while our nascent nation was still in the throes of the Civil War, two industrious Philadelphians ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – In 1861, Major General John C.