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Will a Copy of Lincoln’s 13th Amendment Ending Slavery Set an Auction Record?
The rare document could fetch $8 million.
Juneteenth 2025: What is open, closed?
Thursday, June 19, 2025, marks the annual federal holiday of Juneteenth. The holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the ...
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Rethinking prison labor under the 13th Amendment
A UChicago legal scholar examines how forced labor persists in U.S. prisons—and what it will take to change the system ...
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Documents that Lincoln signed to end slavery to be auctioned off
The Thirteenth Amendment (estimated at $8–12 million) and the Emancipation Proclamation (estimated at $3–5 million) are both ...
An Abraham Lincoln-Signed Copy of the 13th Amendment Could Fetch $12 Million at Auction
An Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, as well as a copy of the Emacipation Proclamation, are heading to ...
Tennessee has two holidays celebrating Emancipation from slavery; Juneteenth and Aug. 8
Did you know Tennessee has two holidays celebrating Emancipation from slavery? Juneteenth, the federal holiday, and August 8.
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Proposed prison reform would raise prisoners’ pay, control prices, end forced labor
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Legislators, advocates, and people with firsthand experience in New York prisons gathered at the Capitol in Albany on Tuesday morning to push for prison labor reforms.
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The history and significance of Juneteenth
The 13th Amendment officially ended slavery and involuntary servitude at the federal level, except as a punishment for a crime. That loophole has been capitalized upon since the amendment passed.