(THE CONVERSATION) Long before the current political divide over climate change, and even before the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), an American scientist named Eunice Foote documented the underlying ...

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

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.

A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...

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.

During Black History Month, it is important to look at how far the education system for Black people has come. When slavery ...

The Soldier's Body Recovered in Yard is believed to be the last confederate lost in battle. This is about the recovery of Lt.

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

Sixty-four years ago, the Estes Park Trail, predecessor to the Estes Park Trail-Gazette, ran columns highlighting the ...

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

The public is invited to a free showing of the award-winning Civil War movie “Glory” on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. at the ...

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