Most of us know that before the American Civil War there were so ... Congresses throughout the first half of the 19th century), slaves must have resided below it and free black people above ...

Slavery spread from the seaboard to some ... spurring the industrial revolution which transformed America in the 19th century. Progress has different meanings for different people.

How the intensifying religious visions of North and South erupted into civil war. In his second inaugural address, delivered as the Civil War neared its end, Abraham Lincoln turned not to politics ...

The state Capitol stairs serve as a stark example of complicated work performed by a complicated man, who lived a remarkable ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture illuminates the brutalities of slavery and Jim Crow while also ...

Imagine flying, impossibly, over the Earth in the 17th century—during the time described in American history ... colonists but of African slaves. Up until the early 19th century, almost four ...

Horace King, a former slave, was a renowned bridge builder and architect in the American South during the 19th century. King was known for his craftsmanship, particularly his intricate spiral ...