For several centuries, the United States was a slaveholding nation, until a civil war officially brought an end to the practice. Here’s a look back at this dark chapter in the country’s history.

It goes without saying that Barack Obama is one of the most popular and famous politicians in American politics. Before his ...

Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...

The film discusses the historical context leading to the American Civil War, focusing on the sectional tensions between free ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

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The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now ...

Thomas Jefferson claimed he came up with a plan for the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans 100 years before the Civil ...

President Donald Trump has always understood the power of branding. As a celebrity businessman, he affixed his name to the ...

President Donald Trump is attempting to dismantle the Department of Education. His efforts are history repeating itself.

The annual gathering traditionally draws thousands of spectators and hundreds of re-enactors from several states helping tell ...

He suppressed his disenchantment with religion and, in March 1861, applied to the African Civilization Society, which was ...