Slavery Abolition

Everybody, well most everybody, knows former Massachusetts Governor William Weld has mounted a primary challenge against Donald Trump along with ex-Teaparty Congressman Joe Walsh from Illinois. And everybody knows heand Walshhave a snowball's chance in hell o…

Civil Eats partnered with Americas Test Kitchen to develop this story, which today airs an audio version as part of their podcast, Proof from Americas Test Kitchen. Proof goes beyond recipes and cooking to solve food mysteries big and small. Listen here. My …

So many thousands of books deifying Abraham Lincoln have been published that it is nearly impossible for the average citizen to learn much of anything that is truthful about Lincoln's presidency.This book should create doubt in anyone’s mind over the designat…

Which Republican president was better: Donald Trump or Abraham Lincoln? Republicans, in a 53 percent-to-47-percent majority, favor Trump over the Civil War hero, according to a survey conducted by the Economist magazine and polling site YouGov.com. But the …

George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was a major general during the American Civil War and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1864, who later served as Governor of New Jersey. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and serve…

Illinois (/ˌɪlᵻˈnɔɪ/IL-i-NOY, /ˌɪləˈnɔɪ/) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, achieving statehood in 1818. It is the 6th-most populous state and 25th-largest state in terms of land area, and is noted as a microcosm of the entire country…

The Result of the 15th Amendment.(Library of Congress) lEvery great historian revises history in his or her own way. Eric Hobsbawm replaced narratives about the making of the modern world that focused relentlessly on the political games played by powerful me…

John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. During 1856 in Kansas, Brown commanded forces at the Battle of Black Jac…

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by David J. SilvermanDavid J. Silverman is a professor at George Washington University, where he specializes in Native American, Colonial American, and American racial history. He is the author of Thundersticks, Red Brethren, Ninigret, and Faith and Boundarie…