It’s an oft-told story about the Jewish immigrant who rose from poverty on New York’s Lower East Side to prominence through hard...
In 1743, religious enthusiasts ignited a bonfire of the vanities on the docks of New London, Conn. Their deranged leader, James Davenport,...
In 1844, Florida slave-holders believed Jonathan Walker deserved the punishment of a branded hand. Walker, after all, had tried to steal seven...
Robert Roberts moved comfortably among Boston’s Brahmin class, not as an equal but as an African-American servant. He was good at his...
Humphrey Atherton had far more power and influence than the Quakers he persecuted in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 1650s. At...
An amateur archaeologist, Jeff Craig, may have discovered the lost Wheeler-Thoreau shanty site. The 19th-century shanty helped inspire Thoreau to build his...