In his day, Frederick Douglass was known as one of the world’s most powerful orators, a piercing voice of conscience in the slave debate. On April 8, 1870, five years after the Civil War settled that ...

The author of the letter “A Civil War history lesson” (Jan. 9, TribLive) needs to take another look at the history books. I am so tired of hearing that the basis of the Civil War was the economy or ...

Gettysburg Address, the fight against slavery and the battle for freedom provide historical perspective on principles of the Revolution and practice of slavery ...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Thursday addressed the backlash to her Wednesday night comments about what she thought was the cause of the American Civil War, during which she ...

At a town hall event on Wednesday, Haley failed to mention slavery when asked by an attendee, "What was the cause of the United States Civil War?" Republican Presidential candidate Nikki Haley on ...

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. – Nikki Haley on Thursday acknowledged the Civil War was “about slavery,” after facing swift criticism for making no mention of it when asked about the cause of the conflict at a ...

The questioner told Haley it was "astonishing" she gave an answer that did not mention slavery. Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Thursday addressed the backlash to her Wednesday night ...