The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

The Cape Fear's most famous Civil War battle took place at Fort Fisher in January of 1865. But another important battle was fought miles away on the grounds of the present Day Cameron Art Museum.

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is ...

In this captivating group portrait, biographer Leamer (Capote’s Women) spotlights the “artistic muses who helped turn a ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had referred to Fort Benning and Fort Bragg by their original, Confederate-inspired names.

If "40 acres and a mule" was a promise never fully delivered, and the 40-hour workweek has become a modern economic trap, ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Bellamy Mansion was built between 1859 and 1861. The mansion was built by free and enslaved ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

When we think of the most legendary presidents our nation has had, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, ...