Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and South Carolina lawmaker.

Wikimedia Commons/Richmond Compiler The Creole Rebellion of 1841 The Creole was just another slave ship crossing the Atlantic in November 1841, carrying human cargo to Southern markets. Then Madison ...

The Jethro Coffin House is the oldest house on Nantucket (built in 1686), where you can imagine early colonial life amid its ...

American singer Ciara Princess Wilson, known by her mononym Ciara, was granted Beninese citizenship on July 26, under a new ...

Amos T. Akerman was a curious case to become President Ulysses S. Grant's attorney general, as depicted in Guy Gugliotta’s ...

Brazil, the largest country in South America, has a rich & complex history that stretches from ancient indigenous civilizations to its emergence as a global power. This video offers a captivating, map ...

The European colonization of the Americas was one of the most transformative eras in history, reshaping continents, cultures, ...

Militarized federal encroachments on public life provoke strong, even violent responses — even among those who agree with ...