This episode explores the beginnings of the American Civil War, from deepening divisions over slavery to the firing on Fort Sumter. We examine how events like Bleeding Kansas, John Brown's raid, and ...

The slaves had come to San Bernardino in 1852 with their owner, Robert Smith, part of the Mormon founding of the community.

New scholarship shows that Abraham Lincoln was a deeply sensitive man who embraced radical acts of inclusion to keep the ...

The extraordinary step of stripping naturalized Americans of their citizenship used to be reserved for individuals who turned ...

This is the last in a series of articles commemorating the 160th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. These articles were ...