Are people born free? Do governments give rights to citizens or do citizens give-up some rights in exchange for good government? These are stories about people seeking and achieving their civil rights.
Kidnapped people from the western coast of the continent of Africa sail to Cuba against their will.
Tone's Society of United Irishmen wants to downplay religious differences, but is banned.
King John was among the worst Kings to rule England. He taxes his nobility to pay for battles. Those nobles finally take London by force to make the K...
After the Union wins the Civil War, the Southern States rejoin the union.
In 1997, "Amistad" (the movie) is released in remembrance of the captives, and a replica ship tours across America.
The trial judge is Ward Hunt, who is also a Supreme Court judge; Anthony is not able to testify.
The Puritan society banishes Anne Hutchinson for her religious tolerance; she joins Roger Williams in his settlement near Providence.
Anne Hutchinson is banished from Puritan society and joins Roger Williams near Providence Rhode Island.
The three-part trading system consists of European goods, African slave labor, and British colony resources, such as coffee and tobacco.
Tuskegee Institute is a flight school that graduates African American pilots.
Tice, a runaway slave, swims across the Ohio River which separates a free state and a slave state. When he disappears, it's like he is traveling on a...
An explanation of the Underground Railroad and how Harriet found it.
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