"I've have a good life and I just thank the Lord for what he has done for me up until now," Pearl Shelton said.

The roots of Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. run deep in the city, starting as a seed planted during Lincoln's ...

Missouri, a slave state, was deeply divided, and Fremont's proclamation declared martial law and freed the slaves in the state. Fremont, known as the 'Pathfinder' for his explorations of the West, was ...

Missouri, a slave state, was deeply divided, and Fremont's proclamation declared martial law and freed the slaves in the state. Fremont, known as the 'Pathfinder' for his explorations of the West ...

ST. LOUIS – In 1861, Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President Abraham Lincoln’s more ...