Juneteenth falls on June 19th and is a day to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. It's an important day for ...

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation changing the legal status of slaves to free people on Jan. 1, 1863, but the war between the Union and Confederacy would go on for ...

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 ...