In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved ... And what I'm doing in "Combee" is showing that with the U.S. Civil War pension files, we can actually ...

It tells the true story of Harriet Tubman’s role in a famous Civil War raid that destroyed rice plantations and freed hundreds of slaves in South Carolina. In a statement announcing the award ...

An example of such a post (archived) on social media was shared to X on Feb. 26, 2025, and read, in part: The Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was a Civil War-era death camp.

Arthur worked for years to research and share his grandfather’s story. Marsha said her late husband would be thrilled that Cape Charles is joining the Civil War Trails program with a historic ...

The deal ended a five-year-civil war, which killed an estimated 400,000 people. South Sudan is polarized between the majority Dinka tribe, which Kiir hails from, and Machar’s Nuer ethnic group ...

You’re reading an excerpt from the WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox on Mondays ...

You start feeling for the people who bleed. The Civil War haunts Mark Twain’s work even though he rarely addressed it outright. Twain grew up in an America of rapid growth and political instability.

One of the things I was most disappointed in about Garland’s 2024 release, Civil War, was the lack of real tension. I just never felt any real stakes in most of the movie. Maybe it’s because ...

Workers were installing benches at a park in the ancient Greek port city of Thessaloniki when their excavator pushed brown soil off a fragile white skull. They turned off the motorized equipment ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - What’s now known as the Glencoe Museum in Radford used to be the home of Civil War Confederate General Gabriel Wharton. The home was passed down to his family.

Nations can be divided along political lines, but mass protests and security crackdowns do not necessarily indicate that a civil war is imminent. In Israel’s case, however, references to civil ...

A Democratic congresswoman from California believes President Donald Trump is promoting “violence” so the U.S. ultimately ends in a “civil war.” Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) made the ...