While Harris offered a glimpse of daily life in the colonies, she also offered her views on the politicians of the day. In 1860, prominent politician John A. Macdonald and other members of the ...

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A new life in the New World offered a glimmer of hope; this explains how one-half to two-thirds of the immigrants who came to the American colonies arrived as indentured servants. Servants ...

However, over the course of the century, a new race-based slavery system developed, and by the dawn of the new century, the majority of Africans and African Americans were slaves for life.

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But eventually Conant’s vision triumphed and helped comprehensively refashion American life. If you control the choke points ...

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on the fourth of July, also known as ...

If confirmed by the Senate, Zeldin would be an absolute disaster for the environment. A staunch climate denier, Zeldin wants ...

Deep below the surface, microorganisms and other creatures cluster near hydrothermal vents, fissures in the ocean floor where life can thrive. This could be the scene on Europa, a moon of Jupiter ...

It’s hard to think of a less popular insect than the yellowjacket, maligned because they can sting. First, I should be clear that “yellowjacket” is an imprecise, generic common name that conceals a ...

The largest coral in the world, measuring 32 metres long, has been found in the Solomon Islands. The coral, which is visible ...