It’s hard to know where to start when exploring works by famous African-American authors. That’s why we’re spotlighting some ...

Tonya Graham McQuade will share excerpts from "A State Divided: The Civil War Letters of James Calaway Hale and Benjamin ...

An 1854 act of Congress undid the deal that had postponed a national reckoning over slavery. Political struggle would soon ...

A pious and strong-willed king, Charles exhibited from childhood the characteristics that would lead to his downfall. By Dr Richard Cust.

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! An introduction to the 1860 election is featured. Author and history professor Rachel Shelden talked about the issue of slavery at the time, the ...

Only a master storyteller like Erik Larson could turn the five tumultuous months leading up to the Civil War into "The Demon ...

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Joshua Zeitz, a Politico Magazine contributing writer, is the author of Lincoln's God ... In real world history, the Civil War devastated the Confederate states. Not only were more than one ...