HBO's "The Gilded Age" has explored what it was like for wealthy Black Americans in the late 1800s in New York City.

In 1803, America pulled off the biggest real estate deal in history. Napoleon needed cash fast after his Caribbean empire ...

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 ...

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

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, ...