7 signs America has regressed — to the 19th century Workers aren't unionized, and some pols are now advocating child labor. It's like the U.S. has gone back in time ...

When Trump says that America should be "great," that includes being a great power. But Trump thinks the U.S. should be a great power in the 19th century sense of the term.

The Unheralded Pioneers of 19th-Century America Were Free African-American Families In her new book, ‘The Bone and Sinew of the Land’, historian Anna-Lisa Cox explores the mostly ignored story ...

In the middle of the nineteenth century, modern life is being born: the marvels of photography, the telegraph, and railroads; a flood of show business… Mid 19th Century America | LAist ...

North America used to have a much more diverse assortment of apples. In fact, it’s estimated that as many as 14,000 different varieties of apples were grown here in the 19th century.

Two shows currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art showcase 19th century American painting. By David Ebony • 07/15/15 9:00am Dr. Pozzi at Home, 1881, John Singer Sargent.

HARTFORD — Frederick Douglass, the great American intellectual, activist, and abolitionist of the 19th century, had a clairvoyance about the power of images. He sat for more than 160 photo ...

There were some mighty funny folks in 19th century America: writers Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce, for instance. And, by some accounts, stage comedians Fanny Rice and Marshall P. Wilder.

For 19th-century Americans, water represented both nature and civilization. The painter Robert S. Duncanson, then the nation’s most celebrated African-American artist, subtly addresses both ...

"Shadow Country: Murder and Race in 19th Century America" took place at the fourth annual San Antonio Book Festival, held on April 2, 2016, ...