Her work is the most complete account of the liberation of 700 enslaved people from seven plantations along the Combahee River in 1863.

Natchez is one of those places where the past is never far away. Cotton, slavery, river... The post Natchez, Mississippi: From Hard History to Easygoing Riverfront Charm appeared first on The Daily ...

When a religious leader urges ordinary believers to give until it hurts, but lives in multimillion-dollar homes, flies in private planes, and leaves a huge estate to her heirs, it undercuts the ...

In 1823, an account of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” was published in the Troy Sentinel newspaper in New York. Today, we know ...

Louisiana provided over 24,000 soldiers of color to fight for the Union during the Civil War, more than any other state, and ...

AL GHASSANIYEH, Syria — Under a golden autumn sun, Abdallah Ibrahim harvests fistfuls of hard, green olives with evident delight. "We were denied this pleasure for the last 14 years," he sighs. Barrel ...

PARK HILL — On Friday, Dec. 12, from 6-9 p.m., Hunter’s Home will host a live performance of the 1823 poem “The Night Before Christmas” by Clement Moore. Guests will tour the only remaining pre-Civil ...

Traditional decorations, food and practices have floated down through the centuries, and landed in present day – if not in the exact format, in a facsimile of them. During November and December, the ...