Slavery caused the Civil War — that is the bold, and factual, statement that opens the American Civil War Museum's latest exhibition, "The Impending Crisis: How Slavery Caused the Civil War." ...

For this reason, the government turned away African American voluteers ... In the South, most slaves did not hear of the proclamation for months. But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed.

The "long, lanky" man carrying the American flag on Decoration Day in May 1909 was a familiar sight at patriotic events in ...

Horace King, a former slave, was a renowned bridge builder and architect ... during the Antebellum period” and “the wealthiest African American man in Alabama,” during the post-Civil War period.

Less-known chapters of American history are arguably just ... and that Freedmen’s Bureau really helped to usher post-Civil War slaves into freedom," said Dr. Mitchell. If General Howard's ...

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation.

The irony of Robert Crumb, per this alternately rollicking and perceptive biography, is that the cartoonist most identified with 1960s counterculture was no hippie. The man Continue reading ...

It had been listed in a record of 7,200 silent films classified as "lost" Sonja Anderson During the Civil War, Confederates ... kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the conflict ended ...