Explore the truths behind Civil War and slavery myths that persist in America and understand the real history behind them.

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

Slavery caused the Civil War. More exactly, the economics of slavery caused the Civil War. Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley made news last month when she was asked at a New Hampshire town ...

“Until the pictures of the slave’s sufferings were drawn up and held up to public gaze, no Northerner had any idea of the cruelty of the system,” abolitionist Angelina Grimké wrote in her famous “ ...

On Nov. 19, 1863, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, ...

Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley failed to use the word “slavery” when discussing the cause of the Civil War and the fallout from the misstep had lots of politicos talking about it. That ...

"What was the cause of the United States Civil War?" A voter posed the question to Republican presidential primary candidate and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley at a town hall in Berlin, New ...

The 1860 presidential election, which saw Abraham Lincoln win without Southern support, intensified divisions over slavery ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked at a New Hampshire town hall about the reason for the Civil War, and she didn’t mention slavery in her response. She walked ...

ANKENY, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis slammed opponent Nikki Haley for giving "a really incomprehensible word salad" answer when she was asked in New Hampshire what caused the ...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked Wednesday by a New Hampshire voter about the reason for the Civil War, and she didn’t mention slavery in her response — leading the voter to say ...