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 ...

Amendment 13, which significantly updates privacy laws in Israel, has come into effect! If you still don’t know what to do to comply with the requirements, we’ve prepared a guide to help you address ...

NEW YORK — A crowd, most of them employees with ID badges around their necks, gathered in the back of the room of Sotheby’s for the last two items of Thursday’s morning auction. They weren’t there to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American history buffs, this is the auction for you. A rare copy of the Thirteenth Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation ...

Bringing slavery back is technically incorrect, as it never went away in the first place. When it was allegedly abolished after the Civil War, a loophole in the 13th Amendment made slavery possible ...

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 ...

In this fourth part of my series, I walk through how the 13th Amendment’s prison exception, vagrancy laws, and later the war on drugs kept slavery alive through mass incarceration. I explain how ...

Billionaire hedge funder and art collector Kenneth Griffin has revealed that he was the buyer of record-breaking copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, both signed by ...

On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ratified as Georgia became the 27th state to endorse it. Also on this date: In 1907, at least 361 men and boys ...

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