A piece of American history is at risk of disappearing forever within one generation. Jamestown, Virginia, in the United States, is on the National Trust’s list of the most endangered historic places ...

The American Colonization Society, founded in 1816 to assist free black people in emigrating to Africa, was the brainchild of the Reverend Robert Finley, a Presbyterian minister from Basking Ridge, ...

American Express has agreed to pay more than $138 million in a settlement agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. The non-prosecution agreement is in connection ...

"The means of alleviating the suffering": Haitian emigration and the colonization movement, 1817-1830 -- "One of the wildest projects ever": abolitionists and the ...

Restoration of a historic cemetery in the Hoosier National Forest began recently, with some of the descendants of those interred in the Roberts & Thomas Cemetery helping. The cemetery is associated ...

On Friday, Jan. 16, the Naperville Heritage Society kicked off a year of historic celebration at Naper Settlement commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence ...

American Primeval, Netflix’s flashy (and quite gory) new series depicts the clash between zealous Mormons, imperial federal troops, crude trappers, and bloodthirsty Natives. Think Under the Banner of ...