It seems as though 12-15 new books about Abraham Lincoln hit the market each year, with another dozen volumes featuring ...

Juneteenth (also referred to as “Freedom Day”) celebrations vary by community. In Seattle, there are a number of ways to ...

This momentous occasion happened nearly nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation took effect ... That pressure eventually reached President Lincoln, who worked with Senator Henry Wilson ...

From leading the nation through the dark days of the Civil War to writing and delivering the Emancipation Proclamation that freed enslaved people across the U.S., President Lincoln inspired ...

On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in Washington, D.C., freeing more than 3,000 people. It was a joyful day that came after decades of effort by abolitionists and amid ...