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Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 Creates Furor
Concessions to the South enabled passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act but resulted in outrage that led to political realignments and the formation of the...
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, Civil War Doctor
Dr.Samuel Mudd of Maryland, was accused of setting the broken leg of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, of the famous acting dynasty...thus contributing to...
Evolution of the Underground Railroad
The development of the Underground Railroad was given impetus by the launching of William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper, The Liberator, in 1831
Antislavery Sentiment in the...
A Revisionist View of Vermont’s UGRR
One of Vermont's leading exponents of the Underground Railroad ironically claims that the Underground Railroad didn't exist in Vermont.
Jane Williamson, the director of the...
The Rise and Fall of Spittoons in the United States
Spittoons, bowl-shaped vessels into which tobacco chewers spit, were widely used in public in the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Even...
Great Lakes Fur Trader Pierre LeBlanc and his Conflicting Worlds
For two centuries, British and French fur traders vie for territory and influence with Great Lakes Native Americans, clashing and combining cultures.
When the first...
Electrifying The White House
The Benjamin Harrisons Arrive
The presidential election of 1888 was hotly contested. Democrat incumbemt Grover Cleveland was running for a second term against Republican Benjamin...
Abraham Lincoln Was Permanently Estranged from His Abusive Father
Lincolns Two Mothers
Abraham Lincoln had both a biological mother and a stepmother. Nancy Hanks was Lincolns biological mother. Nancy was born in Hampshire County...
‘Doctor, I Despair’ – The Duel and Death of Philip Hamilton
Considered the jewel of his family, the “eldest and brightest hope,” Philip Hamilton rushed to his father’s defense on November 23, 1801 to duel...
Wild Bunch – The Hunt for the Great Northern Train Robbers
As Great Northern westbound train No. 3 pulled away from Malta, Montana, on the afternoon of July 3, 1901, conductor Alex Smith saw a...