Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

So successful was the Lost Cause propaganda campaign that most Americans forgot the true meaning of the Civil War.

Slavery caused the Civil War — that is the bold ... to think and to engage. Before visitors even step inside, they're invited at the doors to drop a token into a box to say what they think ...

Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched book about the Civil War era illuminates the lives of six Jewish Americans and their ...

The small plaque that stands in Elm Park marks a major contribution that Worcester made in the fight against chattel slavery.

The legacy of slavery in America remains a divisive issue, with sharp political divides. Some argue that slavery still ...

"And boy, you can see now that we are in a pre-Civil War culture now ... and cotton, and slavery, and Lincoln, and Robert E. Lee and so forth," Baldwin explained. "But I look at the politics ...

“Boy, you can see now that we are in a pre-Civil War culture now,” Baldwin ... age and what life was like back then and cotton and slavery and Lincoln and Robert E. Lee and so forth.” ...

The system of slavery was grounded in violence ... I found roughly 70 violent incidents in the 30 years before the Civil War—and very often the incidents featured a Southerner trying to ...

The author looks at three periods: pre-Civil War, post-Civil War ... Literacy was seen as a major factor in pre-war slave unrest, and attempts to educate Southern Blacks were greeted with ...

“Boy, you can see now that we are in a pre-Civil War culture now,” the “30 Rock ... and age and what life was like back then, and cotton and slavery,” Baldwin, 66, said.