One of the nation's foremost Lincoln scholars offers an authoritative consideration of the document that represents the most far-reaching accomplishment of our

The Emancipation Proclamation, widely remembered as the heroic act that ended slavery, in fact freed slaves only in states in the rebellious South. True emancip

In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln declared that as president he would “have no lawful right” to interfere with the institution of slavery. Yet

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Emancipation Proclamation" by Abraham Lincoln. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word t

An authoritative account of the six-month period during which the 16th President wrote the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War dis