In 1822, freed Black Americans began resettling in a colony on the west coast of Africa. But the idea was controversial: Was ...

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Four hundred years ago, in 1607, Jamestown, VA, the first permanent settlement by Europeans in North America was founded ... Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Map of the Union vs. Confederate States ...

Ancient footprints challenge the timeline of human arrival in North America, suggesting people were here much earlier than ...

On June 23, 1775, Londoners focused on enjoying a regatta, not fretting about a brewing rebellion.

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The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

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The American Civil War. Remember it? Well, no, because you weren't alive. But you've read about it, and the Civil War ...