The American Colonization Society, founded in 1816 to assist free black people in emigrating to Africa, was the brainchild of the Reverend Robert Finley, a Presbyterian minister from Basking Ridge ...

In the early years of the colony ... And the status of slave (Europeans had African slaves prior to the colonization of the Americas) was not one that was life-long. A slave could become free ...

The excavations undertaken at Point Rosee are just the opening phase of an ongoing project that Parcak hopes will shed more light on the early history of European exploration of North America.

Yale professor Lisa Lowe held a lecture titled “Colonial Histories of the Present,” which navigated America’s history of colonialism, slavery and discrimination to study how each ...

Featuring sixty-nine authors and full texts of their works, the selections in this open anthology represent the diverse voices in early American literature. This completely-open anthology will connect ...

Long before Trump expressed interest in a name change, conquerors have battled to claim the wealth of its rich waters.

But while Smith and Berg successfully create a compelling saga, they perpetuate a misunderstanding of American colonization and miss a chance to explore an important lesson about democracy desperately ...

Dr. Melissa N. Morris is a historian of early America and the Atlantic World whose research is centered on the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Melissa is particularly interested in the ...

The American Colonization Society celebrated their anniversary yesterday, in the First Presbyterian Church. The assemblage was addressed by the Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER and Mr. STANTON of Tennessee.