Pharaohs in Dixieland – how 19th-century America reimagined Egypt to justify racism and slavery

When Napoleon embarked upon a military expedition into Egypt in 1798, he brought with him a team of scholars, scientists and artists. Together, they produced the monumental “Description de l’Égypte,” ...
Barron's

Selection of 19th-Century American Art, Including Many Hudson River School Artists, Heads to Auction

An assortment of notable 19th-century American art, headlined by mainstays of the Hudson River School, will go under the hammer live on Jan. 18 at Christie’s Rockefeller Center in New York City. The ...

Norton Museum 'Veiled Presence' explores peculiar practices of 19th-century photography

Running through Nov. 30, the Norton's "Veiled Presence" focuses on the "hidden mother" style of photography that was popular during the 19th century. A Norton Museum of Art exhibition explores the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Daring 19th-Century Reformers Who Sought to End Prostitution by Offering Financial and Emotional Support to Urban Sex Workers

“As the first national women’s reform organization, [the American Female Moral Reform Society] showed that there was power in women organizing to address societal problems,” says rhetorician Lisa J.
Bucks Free Press

Nostalgia: Visit by ex-American enslaved to Bucks in the 19th century

Slavery was abolished in the United Kingdom in 1807 and across the British Empire by the Slavery Act of 1833, but continued in the USA until 1865.
Science Daily

Researchers discuss the ethical challenges of studying DNA from a 18th--19th century African American community

A population genetics team recently identified the genetic relationship between over 40,000 23andMe users and a population of enslaved and free African Americans that lived in Catoctin Furnace, ...
The Economist

The 19th century is a terrible guide to modern statecraft

SOME 120 years on, few remember the outrage provoked by the awarding of the Nobel peace prize to Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th American president and, to his critics, a might-makes-right, America First ...
National Catholic Reporter

A century ago, anti-immigrant backlash almost closed America’s doors

One hundred years ago, the U.S. Congress enacted the most notorious immigration legislation in American history. Signed by President Calvin Coolidge, the Immigration Act of 1924 dramatically reduced ...

The Pope Needs to Be More Specific

In taking the name Leo XIV, the first American pope signaled a desire to imitate his much-beloved 19th-century predecessor ...