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.
Handwritten report of the House and Senate Conference Committee which hammered-out the details of the Missouri Compromise. House members wanted Missou...
Handwritten report of the House and Senate Conference Committee which hammered-out the details of the Missouri Compromise. House members wanted Missou...
This is the cover of Elizabeth Packard's book, Modern Persecution (Volume II), published in 1873. It depicts the physician who admitted Elizabet...
Image of a 1966 movie poster for Khartoum, copyright United Artists, all rights reserved.
Supporting the efforts of women to gain more rights in America, and the concepts set forth in the Declaration of Sentiments, the National Reformer pub...
Image of an article about a surviving Conestoga Wagon, from the March 31, 1973 edition of the Greenville Advocate.
The Library of Congress has many news articles about Frederick Douglass. This is one of them. Click on the image for a much-better view.
News reports, like this one from "The National News," predicted the likely death of President Lincoln after he was shot at Ford's Theatre. This...
Image of a photograph depicting Nicholas and Virginia Earp.
The House passed the Missouri Compromise - no slavery in Louisiana-Purchase lands except for Missouri - by a vote of 134 to 42. Click on the image to...
Nuenen, where Vincent's parents moved during his early-adult years, is located in the south-central region of the Netherlands.
During the 1930s, the federal government hired writers to obtain the oral histories of former slaves. Charley Williams was one of those intervie...
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