by Andrew Schwed | May 4, 2025
In 1811, Tecumseh, a prominent Shawnee leader, delivered a passionate speech called the “Address To The Osage”, to the Osage people living in present-day Missouri. Born into a family deeply affected by ongoing conflicts between indigenous people and American settlers...
by Baylor Franz | Apr 28, 2025
Political Cartoon: How to Escape the Draft https://gettysburg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4016coll2/id/16/ The political cartoon How to Escape the Draft was created in the midst of one of the most volatile moments of the Civil War, the 1863 New York City...
by James Tierney | Apr 29, 2024
American Progress, the 1872 painting by John Gast, is perhaps the most iconic portrayal of Manifest Destiny in the United States of America. Beginning with Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the young nation began to turn its eyesight towards westward...
by Adana Derios | Jun 29, 2023
¹ ¹ ¹ ((Schneider, Eric B. 2017. “Children’s Growth in an Adaptive Framework: Explaining the Growth Patterns of American Slaves and Other Historical Populations.” Economic History Review 70 (1): 3–29. doi:10.1111/ehr.12484.)) A Mother’s Anguish² ((Schomburg...
by Penelope Zorrilla Velez | May 6, 2022
Perth Amboy is a small city in New Jersey with much historical significance. At the inception of the colony of New Jersey, it was split into two different parts: West Jersey and East Jersey. Perth Amboy served as the capital of East Jersey. [1]Being by the coast,...