Slave trading helped Southerners survive and fight the Civil War, as well as to build the future for which they fought. The ...
Robert Smalls’ dynamic life story – his daring escape from slavery, his pivotal role in the Civil War, and the political ...
The Trump administration is reviewing Smithsonian exhibits on slavery and other topics to reflect certain values. Alex Wong/Getty Images Long before the first shots were fired in the Civil War, ...
A living historian brings the past to life for contemporary Americans by portraying historical figures at public events such as our long-defunct Heritage Days festival. Such a person visited my ...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Thursday addressed the backlash to her Wednesday night comments about what she thought was the cause of the American Civil War, during which she ...
Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...
Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley did not cite slavery as a cause of the American Civil War on Wednesday night when a town hall attendee asked her what she thought led to the bloody conflict. The ...
Drawing from narratives of former slaves collected as part of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), How the Slaves Saw the Civil War presents first-hand testimony in ...
Richard Kreitner, a Wayne native, has written a new book, "Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery." He looks at the ways in which all groups, Jewish or otherwise, ...
Out of guilt or amnesia, we tend to treat wars, in retrospect, as natural disasters: terrible but somehow inevitable, beyond anyone’s control. Shaking your fist at the fools who started the First ...
The American Civil War remains one of the most studied and debated periods in U.S. history, as well as our most tragic conflict. However, this infamous war is also one of the most misunderstood. Over ...
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