Their history is Brooklyn’s history, spanning from the borough’s era as a slaveholding capital in New York and through the end of the Civil War. Narratives of the Black families who harbored fugitives ...

TAKE a walk in the Dean Cemetery on the west side of Edinburgh and you will find a memorial that is emblazoned with the distinctive battle flag ...

On November 10, 1898, white supremacists led the only successful U.S. coup, overthrowing Wilmington’s Black-led government in the ‘Wilmington Massacre.’ Its full toll and legacy remain unknown.

Over two months since Election Day, the state has still not officially declared a winner and the race has been upended by protracted legal challenges.

Litchfield’s G.A.R. Hall holds a special place in my heart. For about three years, while I was writing my two Terry Tales books, it was my second home. It was in the G.A.R. that I ...

By EMMANUEL ONWUBIKO Categorical imperative, in the ethics of the 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant, founder of ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

Robert Colby is a historian at the University of Mississippi. His first book, An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

If there is one general that could be considered as having single-handedly lost the Civil War for the Confederates, it’s John ...