A copy of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation document, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, has been sold for $2.1 million.
The document,
signed by Lincoln during the Civil War, ordered the freeing of slaves.
The proclamation provided a legal framework for the emancipation of
millions of other slaves as the Union armies advanced. 48 copies of
the document were made, and Lincoln signed all of them.... read more.
