Penn Township author Ron Kirkwood spent 17 days in 2022 at the National Archives in Washington, DC, scouring hundreds of ...

Tubman's 1863 raid, which destroyed seven plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina and freed 756 enslaved ...

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

Yemen’s current war runs parallel to, and in some places directly over, the treasures of its past. Its ancient kingdoms—Saba, Qataban, Main, Hadramawt, Himyar, Awsan—are the genesis of the ...

Adam Gopnik reviews “Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War,” by Michael Vorenberg, and “1861: The Lost Peace,” by Jay Winik.

Tennessee will soon debut an online map that brings together more than 1,000 points of interest that detail the role of African-Americans in the Civil War.

It’s 100 years since the civil rights activist was born. Follow in his footsteps on a tour of Boston’s suburbs, where his legacy lives on. West Acorn Street in Beacon Hill takes travellers ...

The Underappreciated Man Behind the “Best Graphic Ever Produced” He’s known for his acclaimed depiction of Napoleon’s ill-fated invasion of Russia.

After the Civil War broke out in April 1861, Tubman volunteered her services to the Union. As a volunteer, she initially joined Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler and his Massachusetts troops, who were ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious world of the hit TV show Severance?

He served in the United States Colored Troops, which played a vital role in securing the Union Army’s victory during the Civil War and, more importantly, Black Americans’ freedom from enslavement.

T he end may not be near, but the end is clear—according to those who have kept a close eye on Myanmar’s ongoing civil war, since a military coup toppled its civilian government in 2021. While ...