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Editor’s Note: Over the four weeks of Advent, alongside the release of season three of “Hark!,” our podcast about the meaning and making of our favorite Christmas carols, America staff will also share ...

Maine is often regarded as having played a major role in the abolitionist movement, in no small part due to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s connection to the state. The truth, however, is more nuanced, as ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Schuyler Colfax served as Speaker of the House under Abraham Lincoln and vice president under Ulysses S. Grant. The History Museum ...

Abolitionist Place park, a public park that commemorates Brooklyn’s abolitionist history, is finally open to the public after at least 20 years of planning, multiple controversies, several iterations, ...

Nestled at the corner of Remsen and Clinton streets in Brooklyn Heights stands an unassuming apartment building with a storied past. Long before its construction, the site was home to the Hamilton ...

The Syracuse Academy of Science installed its first historical marker. The marker, which recognizes the students from the Class of 2026 researching Jermain W. Loguen. It was planted at Loguen Park in ...