The American Civil War ended 160 years ago with the Union victorious and slavery abolished. But many Bristolians supported ...

Most towns in the 1830s had one thing in common: white founders. But tucked away in western Illinois, a free Black man named ...

Petaluma witnessed significant events including Theodore Roosevelt's third-party formation, the first woman voting in Sonoma ...

History Knox Mark Sebastian Jordan authors a column each Saturday that reflects on Knox County's rich history. GAMBIER — Knox County’s august Kenyon College has had numerous distinguished alumni, many ...

Taken by Portuguese slave ... North America as part of their colonization efforts in Florida and the Carolinas. By 1620, close to 520,000 captured and enslaved African men, women, and children had ...