In 1845, seven years after fleeing bondage in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was in his late twenties and already a celebrated lecturer across the northern United States. The recent publication of his g
An historical look at the man who, between 1849 and 1851, attempted to make Cuba part of the US by ending Spain's dominion over the island. His actions have previously been viewed as an off-shoot of s
The sleek, 222-foot, black auxiliary steamer Sea King left London on October 8, 1864, ostensibly bound for Bombay. The subterfuge was ended off the shores of Madeira, where the ship was outfitted for
Onthe evening of February 17, 1864, the Confederacy’s H. L. Hunley sank the Union’s formidable sloop of war the USS Housatonic and became the first submarine in world history to sin
In 1845, seven years after fleeing bondage in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was in his late twenties and already a celebrated lecturer across the northern United States. The recent publication of his g
An account of the legendary submarine and its legacy reconstructs the events of its successful 1864 attack on the USS Housatonic and subsequent sinking, the sub's recovery in 1995 after numerous attem
Volume 12 of the Correspondence of James K. Polk documents a critical seven months in one of America’s most transformational presidencies. Polk was the eleventh U.S. president (1845–49). Many of th
