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 famous ...

The State Museum, 300 North St., is featuring the exhibit, "Emancipation: Lincoln and His Proclamation" through Feb. 3 that includes a display of a copy of the emancipation proclamation that was ...

For the 150-year anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Smithsonian magazine recreated the historic tableau, reuniting an early draft with Lincoln's inkwell and pen for the first ...

SPRINGFIELD — A free exhibition of a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, the historic executive order that freed millions of African Americans from enslavement in secessionist states, will be among ...