On July 4, 1776, the hallowed Founding Fathers declared America’s independence. However, the only beneficiaries were white ...

Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...

Last summer, an intern named Dan Martin at the Historic Films Archive in Greenport, New York, made an unexpected discovery. [ ...

The new musical explores the complex friendship between the president and the famed abolitionist. We spoke with co-lyricist ...

The film explores the life of Abraham Lincoln, highlighting his humble beginnings as a poor farm boy in Kentucky, his limited ...

With Abraham Lincoln’s 216th birthday Feb. 12 and Presidents’ Day Feb. 17, the lives of previous U.S. presidents can provide ...

In 1861, Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold ...

Just weeks before Charleston fell 160 years ago today, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery. And now, in the very city that had championed the cause of bondage, formerly ...

Syrian whistleblower “Caesar” has revealed his identity to the world in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera. Images verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad unit shed light on Israel’s plans ...

Thomas Jefferson claimed he came up with a plan for the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans 100 years before the Civil ...

On their birthdays on two separate days in February, this country used to celebrate the two men who are considered our ...

He helped the Union Army win the Civil War, he ended slavery, and he accomplished so many other significant things. Some of ...