Moses Michael Hays courageously stood before the ruling government and religious authorities in Newport to assert his right to religious freedom.

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Two 16th-century texts about the Americas by Jewish writers reflect the complicated place Jews and ‘conversos’ held in the ...

There is a popular tradition from Welsh folklore about a prince who, in the middle of the Middle Ages, set out to cross the ...

Erik Green, Lund University, investigates European colonialism and the myth of a grand strategy, setting forth the case of ...

A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the ...

For those looking to find out about New England ancestors who came over on other ships during this period, the best source of ...

The American Civil War. Remember it? Well, no, because you weren't alive. But you've read about it, and the Civil War ...

The tiny island of Battle Harbour, open only three months of the year, sleeps up to 30 tourists at a time and can take days ...

Acapulco residents and remaining tourists have emerged to walk outside or visit the few open businesses as the remnants of ...

An eruption at Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano Tuesday evening into Wednesday has prompted evacuations and ...

Meanwhile, the Continental Congress has put George Washington in charge of a Patriot army just days before yet another battle ...