Why did North and South go to war with each other in 1861? The standard narrative is that slavery caused the war while more ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

Yale was a governor and president of the East India Company, which was directly involved in the trafficking of enslaved people. Yale made his first donation in 1813, and in 1845 the college was ...

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Experience the beauty and history of Washington, DC, museums and monuments and delve into the captivating stories that shaped the nation.

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

Wikimedia Commons/Middleton, Strobridge & Co., lithographer; Mathews, Alfred Edward, 1831-1874, artist The 47-day Siege of ...