Many Americans carry misconceptions about the Civil War and slavery, shaping their understanding of history and its ongoing impact. Myths about why the war was fought, who fought it, and the realities ...

In his address, Lincoln called on the assemblage to dedicate themselves to the “unfinished business” of ending the war, preserving the Union, and vanquishing slavery. On November 19, 1863, Abraham ...

Online posts and articles suggest that a place named the Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was "a concentration camp … established by Union soldiers to eradicate the slaves" during the Civil ...

Drawing from narratives of former slaves collected as part of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), How the Slaves Saw the Civil War presents first-hand testimony in ...

Richard Kreitner, a Wayne native, has written a new book, "Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery." He looks at the ways in which all groups, Jewish or otherwise, ...

More than 400 years have passed since chattel slavery was deemed a respectable and integral part of the American economy and policy. Still, there are folks who try to rewrite history and “whitewash” ...

MIDWAY, Ga., (WSAV) – For some, the search for knowledge leads to unlikely places. “I came here on this quest looking for something. But what I came looking for was looking for me, too.” That is the ...

Two days after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, we authored a piece for the Washington Post drawing on ...

On Nov. 19, 1863, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, dedicating a new cemetery on the site of the bloody Civil War battlefield.

On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, dedicating a new cemetery on the site of the bloody Civil War battlefield. While many ...