On July 2, 1839, Sengbe Pieh and 56 fellow Africans mutiny aboard the ship La Armistad enroute to Cuba. The ship is captured off Long Island, NY, …
As one of Abraham Lincoln’s earliest published speeches, this address has been much scrutinized and debated by historians, who see broad implications for his later …
“I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe … Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From …
Florence Nightingale did not think herself deeply religious and never thought she became so. But, on February 7, 1837, when she was scarcely 17 years …
John C. Calhoun, in a speech on 5/27/1836 said: “A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many …
On October 2, 1835, the growing tensions between Mexico and Texas erupt into violence when Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, sparking …
The Great Moon Hoax, as it has become known, was published in the New York Sun over several days in the summer of 1835. It claimed to …
The most common story is that the Liberty Bell cracked July 8, 1835, while being rung at the funeral of Chief Justice John Marshall, perhaps …
My Children: I am sorry to have heard that you have been listening to bad counsel. You know me, and you know that I would …
On 3 August 1835, somewhere in the City of London, two of Europe’s most famous bankers came to an agreement with the chancellor of the …
