Abraham Lincoln

Alexander Hamilton always believed that the providential protection that kept the small Jewish world alive would embrace his own extraordinary nation.

There have always been two Americas. One based in religious zeal, mythology, and inequality; and one grounded in rule of the people and the pursuit of equality.

Shelby Foote, failed novelist and closeted member of the Tribe, turned the Civil War into a masterpiece of American literature.

The relationship between two true believers in American exceptionalism.

The Civil War general's reputation was shaped by partisan politics, editorial whims and his own personal failings.

Historian Ned Blackhawk’s new book stresses the importance of telling US history with a wider and more inclusive lens.

How Lincoln's administration financed the Civil War and transformed the nation's decentralized economy into the global juggernaut of the postwar centuries.

Why is Shelby Foote's Civil War subject to so much contemporary debate?

Soon after he was elected, Abraham Lincoln received a rather bizarre letter.

How should a republic honor its leaders?

The Natchez USCT not only contributed to the war effort but was essential to establishing a post-war monument honoring President Lincoln and emancipation.

The story of David Ross Locke's travels to Western Europe.

Was abolition intended as a perpetuation of slavery by other means?

American artists were instrumental in propagating the false narrative of Thanksgiving, a deliberate erasure of violence against Indigenous peoples.

Baptists were never monolithic on the issue of slavery, but Southern Baptists were united in their opposition to Northern Baptists determining their beliefs.

Ballot initiatives, referendums, and other forms of direct democracy have a mixed track record of empowering the people.

A new history of the Civil War and Reconstruction examines the ways in which Black Americans formed networks of self-reliance in their pursuit of emancipation.

Ken Burns’ account of prohibition tells a popular story of booze in America. The historical record is far more sobering.

How would the presidency have looked under Joseph Lane, a Democrat, as opposed to Abraham Lincoln?

San Bernardino County may explore seceding from California. Many of the earliest separatists wanted to transform Southern California into a slave state.