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Old Map Dating to 1600s Locates Native/French Trading Site - Metal Detecting
Historians have discovered a major site dating between the late 1600s and early 1700s. The site was used by the French settlers and the Native Americans in the area. It is believed to have been one of ...
How the U.S. acquired its lands — as Trump eyes territorial expansion
President Donald Trump has refused to rule out military coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, and he suggested ...
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This 16th-Century Map Reveals A Clue About The Lost Colony Of Roanoke And The Fate Of The Settlers
One of the greatest mysteries in American history is the Lost Colony of Roanoke, a small settlement of more than […] ...
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‘A vehicle of genocide’: These Mass. towns were founded on the killing of Native Americans
Estimates say that millions of dollars and tens of thousands of acres of land throughout New England were given to soldiers ...
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An African strontium map sheds light on the origins of enslaved people
While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.
Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
Portraits of enslaved people from the 19th century are unusual. But a Connecticut artist named William H. Townsend decided to ...
Napoleon III and Charles Dickens Once Partied at This $18.6 Million London Mansion
A five-story townhouse in London's Mayfair district was long owned by an Earl and was visited in the 19th century by Napoleon ...