The commemoration is enhanced by the fact the central re-enactment happens at the very spot the original event took place.

On May 20, 1865, an estimated 61,000 people who were enslaved in Florida officially learned they were free. On that day, ...

The North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation and Reconstruction ... “I was already writing what they call text instructions, and I had written a lot of text instructions ...

After the parade, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., museum officials will host a program of musical performances, an exploration of the historical context and the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation, and a ...

In 1864, at the urging of Secretary of State William Seward, Lincoln donated the draft emancipation document. The U.S. Sanitary Commission raffled it off at the Albany Relief Bazaar to help raise ...

Pioneering female photojournalism in France, she went on to snap female factory workers, farming communities, young scientists and student protests, and to document scenes from the women’s ...

When emancipation is mentioned, there is the need to honour Tubman ... Research and documentation: Ghana should invest in research to uncover and document more stories of resistance and heroism during ...

Every guest was asked to sign a banner as a way to document who attended their very first Emancipation Day event, and to mark the beginning of a new Sandy Ground tradition. “Today proved to be ...

The National Archives has put a date to last year's announcement that the Emancipation Proclamation will go on permanent display. Starting in 2026, the historic document will find a home next to ...

Below, read the full text of the Emancipation Proclamation. By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our ...

The 20th of May - Emancipation in Florida programs ... enslaved in Florida learned they were free – two years after the document was issued by President Abraham Lincoln. The Tallahassee City ...

In 1834, the mediated emancipation of enslaved individuals ... which were subject to an effort to document the statement he made in the Creole language he used. This record of a leader using ...