America 250 celebration with Morgan Magnuson, colonial reenactor. When: 10 a.m. Friday, then every third Friday of 2026.

Part I. Race and colonization. 1. Indian children in early Mexico / Dorothy Tanck de Estrada -- 2. Colonizing childhood: religion, gender, and Indian children in southern New England, 1600-1720 / R.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of South Carolina Professor Nicole Maskiell opens her lecture on the early development of slavery in the northern American colonies with a ...

I. Religious motives in American colonization. Hakluyt's discourse on western planting. The crusade against Catholicism. Contributions of the German reformation. English religious minorities.

Susanna Wright, of Wright’s Ferry on the Susquehanna, was one of the most accomplished and versatile Pennsylvanians of the 18th century. She deserves more recognition. The most detailed published ...

A Colonial home is an architectural style that can be found in neighborhoods all across the United States. With a median construction year of 1996, Colonial homes have also proven to be a solid ...

“Power dressing” may not have been a catchphrase in colonial Latin America, but it was undoubtedly a familiar concept. For the elite, a command of fashion signaled status, wealth and worldly ...

Abortion wasn't always controversial. In fact, in colonial America it would have been considered a fairly common practice. But in the mid-1800s, a small group of physicians set out to change that. In ...

With 2026 bringing the 250th anniversary of the United States, will we see a revival of interest in colonial American furniture? It’s happened with previous anniversaries. The Centennial celebration ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Michelle McDonald, library and museum director at the American Philosophical Society, provided an introduction to her lecture about the role and ...