Tragedy and coexistence have been intertwined in South Carolina’s history from the beginning. The sugar-exporting island of ...

William Carney didn’t just carry the flag at Fort Wagner—he hauled the soul of a nation on his back through a storm of lead, and never let it fall.

John Wilkes Booth ducked under the marsh plants after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865; freedom seekers ...

Drawing his title from Lincoln’s 1858 “House Divided” speech, independent scholar Hyslop, author of several works on the American West, makes the case that in opening territories to slavery, westward ...