Jonathan W. White

In correspondence with an abolitionist in London, the great American orator didn’t hold back when talking about Abraham Lincoln, or the maligned Andrew Johnson.

Harriet M. Buss' missives home detail the future congressman's candid views on race and the complicity of Confederate women.

On-time elections are a key part of ensuring the promise of American democracy.

In a newly discovered letter, the famed abolitionist wrote that ‘no one monument could be made to tell the whole truth'

During the Civil War, slave pens held captive Confederate soldiers. After, they became rallying points for a newly empowered community.