The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

the entire current-day book value of the four generations of slaves who lived in the United States from after the country’s independence in 1776 until the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Another ...

This article invites you to explore Freedmen’s Town in Houston through a virtual adventure. It highlights the area’s rich ...

The United States government's decision to permit Lithium Americas to mine at Thacker Pass in Nevada violated Indigenous ...

The fact is that Trump is not the first, nor likely last, American political leader to covet Canada. Former U.S. president ...

The tug of war between Denmark and America over Greenland is about much more than Donald Trump’s trademark bluster. It is also a story of colonialism, superpower rivalry and a misprint on a map.

The story of Black History Month begins in 1915. At this time, scholar Carter G. Woodson founded what today is called the ...

Although no Civil War battles took place in Rhode Island, a hospital in Portsmouth, Rhode Island played a large role in ...

The Senate had passed the Amendment on April 8, 1864. Ganson, who was born in Le Roy, represented the 30th Congressional ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

(Seeing off the Dead, 1865—oil on canvas. By Vasili Grigorevich Perov, at the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.) Outside of viral infections, scientists see a clue to the mystery in another ...