In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...

Carnegie Mellon University professor Edda Fields-Black provided an introduction to her lecture about Harriet Tubman's role in the 1863 Combahee River raid, a secret military mission against ...

Over a few awful hours in 1862, Bloody Lane at Antietam became the deadliest spot in American history. A simple farm path ...

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Inside the visitor center, guests discover an impressive 10-foot 3D map ... of Virginia while he stayed in town. Modern visitors can easily reach Jefferson Rock via the stone stairs between the ...

Proud of her Southern roots and fervently pro-slavery, Rose O'Neal Greenhow wanted to support the Confederacy in any way she ...

An 1862 map of the District of Columbia shows the 1791 boundaries, even though the Virginia portion of the map rejoined Virginia in 1847 through retrocession. The Civil War mixed things up for a while ...

A video showing a man being hauled away from a Virginia courthouse by a group of ... people and bundled into a waiting vehicle. Civil rights experts say the actions by ICE raise concerns over ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made sweeping claims over who the UK has the strongest trading relationship with. In a major snub to US President Donald Trump, Ms Reeves argued that Europe is more ...

The knives are coming out within the demoralized Florida Democratic Party after state Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo jumped ship, proclaiming the party’s “dead” as he draws buzz about a ...