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The 6 Original American Girl Dolls Are Back on the Market

(From left to right) Felicity, Kirsten, Samantha, Addy, Josefina, and Molly.

The 6 Original American Girl Dolls Are Back on the Market

Archaeologists Have Located the Site of Harriet Tubman’s Family Home in Maryland

A photograph of Harriet Tubman taken by Harvey B. Lindsley in the 1870s.

Archaeologists Have Located the Site of Harriet Tubman’s Family Home in Maryland

Common Misconceptions About the Civil War

Hancock at Gettysburg by Thure de Thulstrup, 1887.

Common Misconceptions About the Civil War

The Library of Congress Needs Your Help Transcribing James Garfield’s Diaries

James Garfield sometime between 1855 and 1865.

The Library of Congress Needs Your Help Transcribing James Garfield’s Diaries

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14 Surprising Facts About Clara Barton

Mathew Brady, National Archives and Records Administration // Public Domain

How Sarah Josepha Hale Became the 'Mother of Thanksgiving'

A painting of Sarah Josepha Hale by James Reid Lambdin, circa 1831.

Absentee Ballot vs. Mail-In Ballot: What’s the Difference?

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The Civil War Beginnings of America’s Absentee Ballots

An 1864 illustration by William Waud of Union soldiers voting in Pennsylvania.

The 1851 Christiana Resistance: The Forgotten First Shots of the Civil War

The 1851 Christiana Riot put the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 on trial.

You Can Now Read Thousands of Abraham Lincoln's Personal Letters Online

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9 Unsung Heroes of the Underground Railroad

An illustration depicting fugitives along the Underground Railroad in Maryland, taken from William Still's 1872 book The Underground Railroad.

Newly Discovered Letter From Frederick Douglass Discusses the Need for Better Monuments

"What I want to see before I die is a monument representing the negro, not couchant on his knees like a four-footed animal, but erect on his feet like a man," Frederick Douglass wrote in response to this memorial in 1876.

The Boston Public Library Needs Help Transcribing Anti-Slavery Letters

Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison devoted his life to opposing slavery.

The Reason We Celebrate Flag Day

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Confederate Monuments Are Coming Down Across the Country—And Historians Aren’t Surprised

Next month, the city council will vote on the removal of this Confederate statue in Pensacola, Florida.