• Thumbnail for First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln
    First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln is an 1864 oil-on-canvas painting by Francis Bicknell Carpenter. In the painting,...
    12 KB (1,198 words) - 04:03, 16 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham...
    120 KB (13,553 words) - 23:26, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Francis Bicknell Carpenter
    First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, which is hanging in the United States Capitol. Carpenter resided with President Lincoln...
    15 KB (1,808 words) - 09:14, 21 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abraham Lincoln
    American history; it facilitated Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in January. McClellan then resisted the president's demand that he pursue Lee's withdrawing...
    203 KB (22,674 words) - 22:10, 10 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
    The presidency of Abraham Lincoln began on March 4, 1861, when Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States, and ended upon...
    138 KB (17,656 words) - 14:48, 9 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Frémont Emancipation
    The Frémont Emancipation was part of a military proclamation issued by Major General John C. Frémont (1813–1890) on August 30, 1861, in St. Louis, Missouri...
    22 KB (2,763 words) - 13:39, 12 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abraham Lincoln and slavery
    on June 17, 2021. Although Lincoln stated in the Emancipation Proclamation that he "sincerely believed [it] to be an act of justice," he issued it as a...
    127 KB (15,881 words) - 22:01, 1 June 2024
  • 1864 in art (category Years of the 19th century in art)
    and the Widow's Son (full-size oil version) King René's Honeymoon Francis Bicknell Carpenter – First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President...
    12 KB (996 words) - 19:26, 2 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Juneteenth
    International Day for People of African Descent. On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln announced that the Emancipation Proclamation would go into effect...
    95 KB (8,168 words) - 12:37, 15 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of the United States
    "Art & History: First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln". U.S. Senate. Retrieved August 2, 2013. Lincoln met with his cabinet...
    299 KB (28,699 words) - 18:01, 15 June 2024