Civil War
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Colombian President Who Got Guerillas to Come to the Table
As Colombia faces an uncertain future, the Nobel Committee recognizes its president who has worked to broker peace
Why Do We Still Have Morse Code and More Questions From Our Readers
You asked, we answer
Your Questions About African-American History, Answered
A special edition of Ask Smithsonian on the occasion of the opening of a new Smithsonian museum
Deep in the Swamps, Archaeologists Are Finding How Fugitive Slaves Kept Their Freedom
The Great Dismal Swamp was once a thriving refuge for runaways
Inside the Upcoming Memorial and Museum Dedicated to Lynching Victims
Spanning slavery to segregation to mass incarceration
Five Places Where Confederate Monuments Have Recently Disappeared (or Soon Will)
Vanderbilt University's decision to rename a building to "Memorial Hall" is just one of many ongoing efforts
The Rules About How to Address the U.S. Flag Came About Because No One Wanted to Look Like a Nazi
During the National Anthem, Americans are asked to put their right hands over their hearts. But why?
How the American Civil War Built Egypt’s Vaunted Cotton Industry and Changed the Country Forever
The battle between the U.S. and the Confederacy affected global trade in astonishing ways
How Sojourner Truth Used Photography to Help End Slavery
The groundbreaking orator embraced newfangled technology to make her message heard
The Revolutionary Infographics of W.E.B. Du Bois And Booker T. Washington
Data visualizations shed light on the living conditions of black people decades after the end of slavery
You Can Help Decode Thousands of Top Secret Civil War Telegrams
Volunteers will transcribe and tease out the messages of of nearly 16,000 communiques
The Surprising History of the Infographic
Early iterations saved soldiers' lives, debunked myths about slavery and helped Americans settle the frontier
UN Report Shows Refugee Numbers Have Hit a Historic High
More than 65 million people are now displaced from their homes due to extended wars and a lack of new solutions
Dozens of Rare Documents From American History Just Sold at Auction
Original copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation just sold for millions
The Search Is On for the Site of the Worst Indian Massacre in U.S. History
At least 250 Shoshone were killed by the Army in the 1863 incident, but their remains have yet to be found
Inside America’s Auschwitz
A new museum offers a rebuke — and an antidote — to our sanitized history of slavery
A New Addition to #MyDaguerreotypeBoyfriend Is the Civil War's Most Daring Naval Officer
Who is this cool cat, posing for an unusually casual photo for famed photographer Alexander Gardner?
These Eerie Civil War Photos Changed How the U.S. Saw Veterans
Reed Bontecou's groundbreaking photography used a new medium to bring attention to the wounds of war
Civil War Blockade Runner Found in North Carolina Waters
Sonar scan finds possible remains of a Confederate steamship used to outrun the Union Navy
A Free Man's Letter to A Former Slaveowner in 1865
When asked to return to the farm where he was held in bondage, Jourdon Anderson wrote this thoughtful reply
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