For lower- and middle-class Americans, life was getting better during ... much credit to tariffs as he talks about America's strengths in the late 1800s, according to historians.

Steven Spielberg tackled a real-life court case of the 1800s in the movie Amistad ... When the ship is apprehended in American waters, a court case is conducted to determine who the slaves ...

ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — William Nesbit, an African American man who moved to Blair County in the mid-1800s was instrumental in helping others secure their freedom. Nesbit was born in Carlisle, ...