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A Rare Copy of the 13th Amendment Signed by Abraham Lincoln Sells for a Record $13.7 Million
A handwritten copy of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution signed by Abraham Lincoln has sold at auction for a record $13.7 million. It’s the highest price ever paid for a document signed by ...
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Sharing American history — one rare document at a time
A rare broadside of the "Declaration of Independence, July 1776, on view at Seth Kaller Inc., Historic Documents & Legacy ...
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What Fredrick Douglass’ 'What To A Slave Is The Fourth Of July' Means Today
Over 200 years after Frederick Douglass questioned “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” in an act of resistance to Independence Day, Black Americans are still grappling with how to celebrate ...
A volunteer finds the Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents in Massachusetts
A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...
Commentary: Why Frederick Douglass’ Fourth of July speech still matters
Frederick Douglass 1852 speech both extolls principles in the Declaration of Independence (and Constitution) and condemns ...