History is full of examples of nations paying out to compensate for slavery. But the money never went to those who suffered ...

"By finding these names, we are releasing them to give back these enslaved people some of their dignity," said Sarah Bader-King, executive director of the John Wornall House Museum.

Our first history program of the year will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m., at the Vernon County History Center in ...

Designed in the United States over 170 years ago, the lever-action rifle is, perhaps, the most iconic American firearm. An ...

Winchester, Illinois, known for Stephen Douglas and dentistry pioneer George Black, also witnessed a post-Civil War lynching.

Jackson, MS () Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to ...

His was, no doubt, the most accomplished presidency in the 64 years between George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s. And where Washington and Lincoln had arrived at moments freighted with destiny ...

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

Harriet Tubman has long been known as a conductor on the Underground Railroad leading enslaved Black people to freedom. Less ...

A fracture point was reached in 1860 when Abraham Lincoln ... More than 150 years later, the Civil War continues to fascinate readers with a taste for historic minutiae. Stacker compiled a ...

President Trump has threatened 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, as well as an additional 10% tariff on imports ...