After the Emancipation Proclamation was declared, Douglass finally had the go-ahead to begin recruiting the first official regiments of Black soldiers into the Union Army, including his two sons.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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.

When the new year arrived at midnight on Jan. 1, 1863, the quiet of most of the region’s small towns and rural expanses might well have been briefly disturbed by church bells ringing out. But there’s ...

On the steps of what is now the Knott House Museum, where the Emancipation Proclamation was first read in the state of Florida, it was read again – 159 years later. General Edward McCook first read ...

Explore the truths behind Civil War and slavery myths that persist in America and understand the real history behind them.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The original Emancipation Proclamation, a document that changed the lives of countless African-Americans during the Civil War, is on display in Nashville as the fragile ...

(The Root) — Most of the time, the original Emancipation Proclamation is put away for safekeeping, but for a few days each year, the handwritten document that formally established the freedom of all ...

Stacker describes the events after the Emancipation Proclamation leading to the full abolition of slavery, using records, academic commentary, and reports. - VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images Stacker ...

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 ...

A print based on David Gilmour Blythe’s painting of Lincoln writing the Emancipation Proclamation. In many Americans’ recollections, the Emancipation Proclamation was a landmark piece of legislation ...