What made the 19th century an interesting but tumultuous time? What technological, cultural and social changes influenced life then? Explore those issues in this story collection.
Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation to free salves on January 1, 1863.
Books represent new or controversial ideas and allow people to preserve and share their thoughts.
The Homestead Act allows anyone who has not fought against the U.S., and is head of a family, to get 160-acres.
Anna and Dostoevsky work together and their relationship becomes personal.
There was no system in place to help slaves transition from slavery to freedom either in the North or the South.
While Key and Beanes are on the British ship, flag maker Mary Young Pickersgill's flag flies over Baltimore's harbor.
Slaves of Southern owners are subject to the Fugitive Slave Law.
Tammany Hall begins as a place to help immigrants arriving in New York City but becomes corrupt with crooked politicians using their power to swindle ...
Giuseppi Garibaldi, a native of the Piedmont region of Italy, was instrumental in bringing the southern Italian states into the unification process.
Although the Captain is in charge of a ship, and his word is "law," George Pollard - captain of the Essex, a whaleship - gives-in to Owen Chase, his F...
There is evidence that the lives of the Brothers Grimm, in Germany, influence their fairy tales.
Fred learns to read and write, even though it is forbidden.
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