A constitutional crisis in 1860s Prussia could teach Americans the importance of public participation in democracy.

Bader-King is the executive director of the Wornall/Majors House Museums, a three-person nonprofit that manages the two Civil ...

In his book Fear No Pharaoh, Richard Kreitner examines the reactions of six Jewish Americans to slavery and the Civil War.

A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.

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

Despite harsh, discriminatory conditions, low pay and lack of appreciation, deaf women have fought with brilliance and ...

Lord BROUGHAM and the veterans of the old Anti-Slavery Society do not, we fear, share our delight at this great increase in the employment of our home population. Their minds are still seared by ...

Tucked behind a hidden panel in the back of a cupboard, escaped slaves could crawl into a 10 ... was also pastor at the church in the 1860s.

Naidoo said at the time, the 1860 Legacy Foundation set a specific ... Some Indian people are shy to say we were products of slaves. Our forefathers came here as slaves. You may as well put ...

Horace King, a former slave, was a renowned bridge builder and ... a project they had begun in 1860 but had to abandon.” Always close to Godwin, when he was emancipated, he paid his former ...

In the 1850s and 1860s, British North America became a popular refuge for slaves fleeing the horrors of plantation life in the American South. In all 30,000 slaves fled to Canada, many with the ...