When formerly enslaved people relocated to and made their homes in Austin at the end of the Civil War
Because federal troops had been stationed in Austin after the Civil War, many formerly enslaved Black Americans found a safe place to raise their families in Austin.
More Sudan war refugees to be resettled in Canada as Liberals up quota
Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Quebecers can now apply to resettle their relatives from Sudan as long as they go to ...
Syria’s economy may take until 2080 to recover, says UN agency
Syria would need more than 50 years to get back to its economic level before its devastating civil war at present growth ...
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Laws Against Black Literacy in Pre-Civil War South Still Haunt Education, Expert Says
The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War — on the Union-occupied ...
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In 19th-Century America, Two ‘Christian Nations’ Took Up Arms
Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...
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Trump Baselessly Claims Millions of People Born in the 1800s Are Getting Social Security Checks
President Donald Trump baselessly claimed that people born during the Civil War – and even before – have been receiving ...
Bill Bruford on the "civil war" at the heart of Yes's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
The super deluxe edition of Yes's Close To The Edge is released on March 7. Bill Bruford's current band, the Pete Roth Trio, ...
Syria arrests 3 men suspected of links to Tadamon massacre
Syrian security forces have arrested three men linked to the 2013 Tadamon massacre, when government forces executed hundreds ...
Thomas Jefferson Claimed He Introduced Bill to Free Enslaved Blacks 100 Years Before Civil War. Was He Lying?
Thomas Jefferson claimed he came up with a plan for the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans 100 years before the Civil ...
Going to another country for spring break 2025? Where Michigan travelers should be wary
Everyone wants to spend spring break relaxing on a beach in a new country. Before you actually do that, look at the US's travel advisories.
Syria arrests 3 men suspected of links to Tadamon massacre in which hundreds were executed
Syrian security forces have arrested three men linked to the 2013 Tadamon massacre, when government forces executed hundreds of blindfolded detainees, shooting them into a trench before setting their ...
Experts push to restore Syria’s war-torn heritage sites
In north-west Syria, more than 700 abandoned Byzantine settlements called Dead Cities, stretch across rocky hills and plains, their weathered limestone ruins featuring remnants of stone houses, ...