Centre College will soon pay tribute to one of its most distinguished alumni, U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan ...

The Trump administration is considering the suspension of habeas corpus, a move that could have significant implications for ...

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What did the Civil War do to railroading? The changes were rapid, profound, lasting, and formed the real basis of truly ...

In a grim two room tenement flat in the Gorbals, mill worker Isabella Pinkerton safely delivered her fourth child, a healthy baby boy.

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With that perspective in mind, he had helped arrange the historic Compromise of 1850, which admitted California ... Meanwhile, Abraham Lincoln, a former one-term congressman nearly five years ...

It can be overwhelming for a newcomer to understand the nuances of the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the 1854 ... have been written about Abraham Lincoln than any other president.

The President of the United States is widely considered to be the most powerful person in the world. Since the ratification ...