The story of freedom in colonial New Orleans and Louisiana pivoted on the choices black women made to retain control of their...
The story of the founding of the United States is a familiar one. It usually (but not always) begins with English settlement at...
The words of the Declaration of Independence are not the only aspect of the American Revolution that carry power. Visual and material...
Death is one of the few universals in life. Everyone who is born, will die. How do the living make peace with death? While different...
Juneteenth is a state holiday that commemorates June 19, 1865, the day slavery ended in Texas. Over the last decade, a push to make...
The Mississippi Gulf Coast was the home of many different peoples, cultures, and empires during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries...
Before its eradication in 1980, smallpox was the most feared disease in many parts of the world. Known as the “king of terrors” and the...
Smallpox was the most feared disease in North America and in many parts of the world before its eradication in 1980. So how did early...
What do historians wish more people better understood about early American history and why do they wish people had that better...
What can a portrait reveal about the history of colonial British America? Portraits were both deeply personal and yet collaborative...