Like the seasons, political parties come and go. In 1847, Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress as a Whig. By 1854 that ...

Douglass soon established himself in the antislavery movement as a fearless enemy of the slave owner. In his lectures he spoke with wit, erudition and richness of voice to rival Daniel Webster's ...

transported freed American slaves to Freetown. In December 1816, a group including Francis Scott Key, Daniel Webster and Henry Clay convened to form the American Colonization Society (ACS).

Clockwise from top left, Tolliver Anderson, Necho Webster ... the 18th century. As Daniel Rasmussen writes in American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt, the ...

Civil War America, a small number of Jewish slaveowners defended the practice. Other prominent Jews joined with abolitionists ...

From an alt-rock icon to the acclaimed Silkroad Ensemble, there is a lot to see and do in the Bay Area this weekend.

And two years ago, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Music with Michael Abels for the new opera “Omar,” based on the memoir “The Life of Omar ibn Said,” a Muslim American slave. Giddens is ...

Residents have been in a fight with county leaders over their voting rights and zoning changes that threaten to lead to ...

Florida Senator Marco Rubio was ranked highly before stepping down, while Representative Daniel Webster was ranked least effective. Rankings are determined by the number of bills sponsored ...