No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared, "all persons held as slaves within any States, or designated part ...

DC was only part of the U.S. to pay off slave owners for freeing enslaves persons they held.

In this lesson, students explore the realities of life after the Emancipation Proclamation ... 11-12.5 Analyze in detail how a complex primary source is structured, including how key sentences ...

Thousands turned out Sunday to partake in D.C.’s parade marking Emancipation Day, the day in 1862 that 3,000 enslaved people ...

The holiday has long served as a reminder of D.C.’s lack of statehood. Trump’s attacks on policies and ideology promoting ...