Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Palm Beach land baron Ken Griffin likes old things. Like dinosaur bones. Last year, he paid $44.6 million for a late Jurassic-era ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – As people across the country celebrated Juneteenth, some question whether or not lawmakers in 1865 actually intended to abolish enslavement. Juneteenth commemorates the ...

United States, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the joint resolution proposing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, formally abolishing slavery and affirming the nation’s commitment to freedom ...

Ken Griffin, known for purchasing a Stegosaurus skeleton and a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution, recently acquired Abraham Lincoln's handwritten copy of the 13th Amendment. Griffin purchased the ...

Billionaire Ken Griffin just bought two of the most significant documents ever signed by President Abraham Lincoln, adding to his trove of Americana. Griffin reset the record for any document signed ...

Sold at the Fine Books and Manuscripts event in New York, each copy plays a crucial role in American’s history. The Thirteenth Amendment enshrined the abolition of slavery into law; the copy up for ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Dec 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment was ratified, ending slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States.

The 13th Amendment of the Constitution was formally adopted and declared in effect by Secretary of State William H. Seward. The amendment ensured slavery was abolished in America. Gray Media, parent ...

(WDBJ) - The 13th amendment was ratified in America after Georgia became the 27th state to endorse the change. This very amendment abolished slavery across the country. Gray Media, parent company of ...

Billionaire Ken Griffin bought original copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation, both signed by former President Abraham Lincoln, at a New York Sotheby’s auction. The hedge fund ...