But, our United States, after the Civil War, had a plan in ... into the third year of the Civil War. Slaves in Confederate-controlled states were freed once they escaped or migrated into Union ...

U.S. Imperialism and Black Slavery in the South Seas After the Civil War. He would mesmerize a crowd by seemingly sucking saltwater into his growing belly. Then, when the man appeared to be on the ...

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states. The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many ...

Free black laborer Samuel Diggs provides ... the plight of runaway slaves in Civil War America. By directing the camera toward the contraband camp adjacent to Mansion House Hospital, the episode ...

Slavery helped bring about the deadliest military conflict in the history of the United States – the American Civil War. The Trans-Atlantic ... of the 13th Amendment after it was passed by ...

[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app ... were buried here during the Civil War and more than 1,000 former slaves and their ...