Posts Tagged ‘American history’
Lincoln’s nationalism helped save Union
PENN STATE (US) — Abraham Lincoln’s view of the U.S. Constitution played a more important role in preserving the Union during the Civil War than previously believed, a new book suggests. Continue…
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Society & Culture - Jun 14, 2011 11:08 - 0 Comments
One man’s move from slave to middle class
U. MARYLAND (US) — Excavation of a historic home in Annapolis, Md., is offering clues to how some African Americans were able to adapt to a middle-class lifestyle following the Civil War. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 14, 2011 16:34 - 0 Comments
Evidence points to slaves’ technical skill
U. MARYLAND (US) — An excavation at the only 18th-century greenhouse left in North America reveals that African-American slaves played a sophisticated technical role in its construction and operation. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 16, 2010 14:52 - 28 Comments
Did women and slaves drive Dixie down?
U. PENN (US)—When the Confederate States of America seceded from the Union in 1861, its founding fathers reckoned that they could build a nation and fight a war while uniting the Southern population behind their cause. Most of “the people” were not consulted on the wisdom of their project. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 8, 2010 16:12 - 0 Comments
Jamestown oysters record massive drought
UC DAVIS (US)—Oyster shells dumped in a well four centuries ago are shedding new light on the crippling drought that nearly wiped out the English settlement at Jamestown, Va., in its early years. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 21, 2010 9:38 - 2 Comments
Layered government at core of federalism
U. CHICAGO (US)—The ongoing debates about states’ rights, from health care to gun control, tend to manipulate the meanings of federalism to suit the arguments, says a University of Chicago law professor. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 25, 2009 13:27 - 0 Comments
Thanksgiving’s grain of truth
U. COLORADO (US)—The oft-told story of the Pilgrims and the Indians celebrating and befriending each other is more myth than truth, says scholar Chris Lewis. The two groups tolerated each other out of necessity. (more…)
