Among the most prominent founders of the Republican Party was U.S. Congressman Thaddeus Stevens.

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His visit includes a trip to a shrine where enslaved Africans were baptized before being forced into the treacherous voyage ...

Abraham Lincoln passed away 101 years ago this week, 6 days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at the ...

W.E.B. Du Bois called the issue of the 20th century the color line — this was true then and this is true now,” writes Walz.

THE founder of SantaCon is on the naughty list after staying true to the New York City charity’s name, authorities have ...

Efforts to control Black mobility—from early passports to the Fugitive Slave Act—laid much of the groundwork for today’s border regimes. From the seventeenth century onward, an array of laws and ...

A Sonoma County doctor is facing a flurry of lawsuits in Texas and a criminal indictment in Louisiana for allegedly mailing abortion pills to patients in states where the procedure is banned — actions ...

In this list, we’ll look at six Southern states where many retirees are moving. Plus, we’ll break down how much it costs to live there. Trump says suspect is in custody and praised officers' quick ...

First of two parts A highway sign installed last September in Camden County calls attention to Moses Grandy, born there an enslaved person, and the story of his life told in “Narrative of the Life of ...

When moving away from superficial, cartoonish, and caricatured history, the importance of context and distinctions becomes obvious. Part of the task of responsible history is to show how things are ...

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