In his book Fear No Pharaoh, Richard Kreitner examines the reactions of six Jewish Americans to slavery and the Civil War.

“Teaching in the South during the Reconstruction era (1865-1877) took great courage. The women who traveled there to teach often feared for their lives but were determined to empower the freed slaves ...

A patent model of a screw press is on display at the Two Mississippi Museums. According to Nan Prince, director of ...

A mysterious formal portrait of an enslaved man named Frederick is expected to sell for as much as $500,000 at auction in New Orleans ...

Exclusive: Australia's Woodside in talks with at least three partners for Louisiana LNG, sources say Woodside Energy has held talks with several potential buyers of stakes in its Louisiana ...

A room-sized, 3D diorama at the National Archeological Museum of Naples in Italy, depicts the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...

Five years ago today, we we were sent home from school with the “understanding” that we would be back in two weeks. I ...

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Local churches, denominational boards and religious non-profits now routinely commission missionaries to go from our island to numerous countries around the world, but there was a time when Galveston ...

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether Columbia University concealed "illegal aliens" as the Trump ...