The records, dating from the mid-19th century ... in anti-slavery movements and the benevolent associations that addressed community issues,” says Lillian Williams, associate professor in the ...
A task force of lawmakers and historians is recommending that Illinois create a full-time commission to commemorate the ...
Ernst, who lives in Middleton, Wis., is the author of 20 historical novels and mysteries for young readers from American Girl ...
From 1863 to the early 20th century, over 62,000 Torres Strait Islander men, women, and children were uprooted from their ...
A new book from Harvard scholar Keidrick Roy, “ American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism ,” lays ...
Robert Shaplen’s “Free Love” delves into the adultery case against Henry Ward Beecher, an abolitionist preacher and a presidential hopeful.