Their rancorous demeanor often put the cart before ... the Civil War as unavoidable due to the irreconcilable differences of political economy, culture, and morality between the north and south.

What led the United States into civil war in 1861? In this premiere episode of Kings and Generals’ American Civil War series, we examine the legal, economic, and moral roots of the conflict. Focusing ...

Historians discuss labor relations between former slaves and former masters after the Civil War. Ed Ayers ... All the land in the South is not worth anything if there's not anybody to work ...

In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...