Abolitionists used hard facts to counter pro-slavery propaganda, forcing indifferent Americans to face ugly realities.
On Nov. 19, 1863, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, ...
On a recent visit to the rural area where the Underground Railroad's most famous conductor was born enslaved in 1822, ...
"The American Revolution" is a sweeping, six-part PBS docuseries that feels like a confrontation of how America's founding ideals were born ...
The American Revolution, a new six-part, 12-hour series that explores the country’s founding struggle and its eight-year War ...
The American Revolution was one of the most radical acts in human history, casting aside centuries of monarchical despotism ...
Ken Burns' new six-episode docuseries 'The American Revolution' looks at the attitude George Washington had toward allowing ...