On this day in history, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Jocelyn Wildenstein, the Swiss-born ...

As early as 1849, Abraham Lincoln believed ... left room for a plan of compensated emancipation. No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation.

He issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in churches on Sept. 22, 1862. The National Museum of […] WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On this day in history, President Abraham Lincoln ...

Jan. 1, the annual Emancipation Proclamation Observance ceremony was held at the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church from 11 a ...

1. Ask students to tell you some facts they know about Abraham Lincoln. (Possible Answers: He was the 16th President of the United States; he signed the Emancipation Proclamation ...

On New Year's Eve 1862, a day before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation to end slavery in America, President Abraham Lincoln signed a contract agreeing to relocate 5,000 free Black Americans ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — An Emancipation Day Parade will be held in Charleston on Wednesday to commemorate the decree issued by President Abraham Lincoln that changed the trajectory of America ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Next week marks 162 years since Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1 ...