In this first episode of Kings and Generals’ animated series on the American Civil War, we explore the core causes of the conflict - including slavery, westward expansion, economic tensions, and ...

General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox came the day before the first night of Passover 1865. A Chicago rabbi, Liebmann Adler, welcomed the conclusion of the Civil War and the end to slavery, ...

Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley did not cite slavery as a cause of the American Civil War on Wednesday night when a town hall attendee asked her what she thought led to the bloody conflict. The ...

Lucy Whitehead, Royal Holloway, University of London A Christmas Carol is usually read as a Victorian morality tale about ...

More than 400 years have passed since chattel slavery was deemed a respectable and integral part of the American economy and policy. Still, there are folks who try to rewrite history and “whitewash” ...