
The Mystery of the Missing European Colonies
The stories of settlements that briefly claimed toeholds in North America before vanishing
The stories of settlements that briefly claimed toeholds in North America before vanishing
Historian S.C. (Sam) Gwynne's "Hymns of the Republic" looks at the Civil War's final year from multiple perspectives.
After 35-year fight, Maine's abolitionist leadership accepted statehood with a condition—the proslavery Missouri Compromise
John Elliott Cairnes' devastating critique of Southern society sinks the Confederacy's campaign to bond with Britain
In Gettysburg, black citizens found fragile freedom.
For its faults, the Electoral College has endured because it has fulfilled its main purpose—preventing stolen elections
Radicals in Congress—Black Republicans and a belligerent Copperhead—played a central role in prosecuting the war and impeaching Andrew Johnson
Separated from Southern-sympathizing Manhattan, Brooklyn had one of the largest and most politically aware Black communities in the U.S.
The effects of imprisonment on the senses scarred prisoners for the rest of their lives
An little-discussed factor was the social revolution that preceded Vicksburg's surrender—the destruction of the plantation oligarchy and the liberation of 100,000 slaves
Textbooks in Blue California explain history one way while red Texas takes an opposite tack
Films from 2012 are relevant to continuing conceptions of the Civil War
Ayers argues that America should acknowledge the importance of emancipation with a national holiday.
Jamie Montgomery failed, but his case set a precedent that ended chattel bondage in Scotland 12 years later