Abraham Lincoln

We have the Swedes and William Henry Harrison to thank for the popularization of the log cabin.

The America that emerged out of the Civil War was meant to be a radically more equal place. What went wrong?

While a far cry from full emancipation, it was an important step towards the abolition of slavery.

Warnings against "normalizing" outrageous political acts misstate the problem. It’s never the immediate present that gets normalized — it’s the not-so-distant past.

A new museum exhibit in Philadelphia showcases the first public health record of African Americans.

The Times, as a “venomous Abolition Journal” could not be trusted to provide the truth for a white, slave-owning southerner.

Longtime tenant in the 165-year-old St. Denis building in New York City reflects on the building's history.

Dred Scott was an opportunity to settle what the South had previously been unable to achieve either legislatively or judicially.

That's the conclusion of a psychology study published in the journal Sciece.

For most of American history, Washington's Birthday was a really big deal, but that’s changed a lot since the middle of the twentieth century.

On 400 Years of Tribalism, Genocide, Expulsion, and Imprisonment.

The Trump administration is working to undo one of the guiding principles of U.S. conservation.

How a beloved song with origins in 16th-century Europe captures both a holiday's spirit of unity and a country's legacy of exclusion.

How Miss Millie taught the Civil War.

How Titus Andronicus drew on Civil War lore to frame contemporary social divides.

The South's insistence upon protecting and spreading slavery caused the Civil War.

There can be no "compromise" with the false view of America's past from Trumpists and pop historians alike.

Although Karl Marx never saw the U.S., he thought long and hard about how it fit into his theory, especially during the Civil War.

When America’s first aerial cameraman met an infamous spirit photographer, the chemistry was explosive.

Throughout history, one would be hard-pressed to find an example of black protest that most white people found acceptable at the time.