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 ...

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

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

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

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

President Donald Trump was visibly impressed by how well Liberian President Joseph Boakai spoke English, the West Africa ...

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

“State action” is a general term used to describe the kinds of actions specifically prohibited by Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment, and by extension, the kinds of state or federal actions ...

In 1787, the U.S. Constitution was amended to include the Fugitive Slave Clause. This clause made it illegal for enslaved ...