New Year's Day this year marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, which effectively broke the back of the slave trade. NBC's Ron Mott reports. (Nightly News)
top. news
Results tagged “proclamation”
New Year's Day marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation – when President Lincoln sign an order that broke the back of the slave trade. NBC's Ron Mott reports. (Nightly News)
Rarely seen, the original Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln January 1, 1963 is currently on display at the National Archives. Catherine Nicholson and Reginald Washington, of the National Archives, explain the value of the original document and its historical significance. (Nightly News)