A number of free black men from the North fought on the American side of the Revolutionary war. Several of them were sons of former slaves who had bought themselves (and in some cases, their ...

While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution, choosing sides and deciding whether to fight in the war was far from an easy choice for American colonists. The great ...

Forensics labs need Americans with 18th-century ancestral ties to the states of Maryland, Delaware or North Carolina to come ...

Throughout America's history, from the Battle of Lexington to the Battle of Fallujah, Black Soldiers have honorably answered the call to duty, serving with great valor and distinction in America's ...

I love stories about women who made significant contributions to American history, so when I visited Walnut Grove Plantation ...