With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

President-elect James Buchanan had no idea what was happening to his body. But political Washington had its suspicions.

He served as the 14th vice president of the US, serving under President James Buchanan, from 1857-1861 ... his family were abolitionists, he favored slavery and publicly opposed any infringement ...

"I have lost this battle because my force was too small. The Government must not & cannot hold me responsible for the result . . . . I have seen too many dead & wounded comrades to feel otherwise than ...

Pro-slavery expansionists had long set their ... taking its name from the Belgian city where the three men — James Buchanan, John Mason and the volatile Pierre Soulé — met to hash out their ...

While some Republicans want to put Donald Trump onto Mt. Rushmore, historians often change their views of presidents over ...

On a windy day in the late winter of 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as the 16th president of the United States, replacing Lancaster’s James Buchanan ... to preserve slavery at the expense ...

"The Cambridge Companion to US First Ladies" takes an in-depth look at the position of first lady. While many books exist to tell the story of individuals, the new work examines the job from ...

and several truly terrible presidents – including Warren G Harding (1921-1923), James Buchanan (1857-1861) and Franklin Pierce (1853-1857). But what makes these presidents great or terrible? One ...

Harding (1921-1923), James Buchanan (1857-1861) and Franklin Pierce (1853-1857 ... and the challenge posed by ending slavery. He reunited the nation, winning the war and ultimately leading to the end ...