As Gen. Granger read the announcement that slavery had ended, the celebration began. The date would go down in history — June nineteenth, soon shortened to Juneteenth.
The Emancipation Proclamation opened the door for Pennsylvania's African-American soldiers
The prairie lawyer president and outspoken abolitionist formed an unusual friendship
The prairie lawyer president and outspoken abolitionist formed an unusual friendship
The Vigil That Put an End to Slavery
Without doubt they were Washington, who walked carefully within the Constitution, and Lincoln, who stretched it as far as he dared