Many people are familiar with the Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 executive order that freed enslaved African Americans in

The impact of the Emancipation Proclamation is undisputed, but did you know it was not the first major document

At the National Archives, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are known as the Charters of Freedom. But these documents were part of a tapestry of foundational documents that shaped our nation. In celebrating its 287th

This program and the Emancipation Proclamation and General Order No. 3 Featured Document Presentation is made possible in part