Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

When the National Park Service rewrote the Underground Railroad's story, it pulled Cincinnati's Freedom Center into Trump's ...

The “silent spikes,” as scholars have dubbed the nameless Chinese, had constituted the largest single work force in U.S. industry during the mid-19th century—only to be erased from the ...

How Jay Gould Built Wall Street’s Biggest Fortune” by Greg Steinmetz is a captivating, well-researched biography of the legendary 19th century financier and railroad magnate, who was among the most ...

Jacob Morris, the head of the Harlem Historical Society, has a vision for Lower Manhattan: He wants to establish a trail linking sites associated with the Underground Railroad, the 19th-century ...