America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
James Goodsell provides an eyewitness account of the perilous human situation.
Infected soldiers carry the Spanish Flu wherever they go. When they return to the U.S., the flu re-infects the country.
View photographs and drawings of the siege of Petersburg before General Lee surrenders.
Four male college students from historically black North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College challenged segregation in public restaurants.
Slaves who are brought to America to work the southern plantations have little "comfort and happiness."
Slave pens, in Washington, are near America's Capitol Building and the White House in 1841.
Although Jefferson is a product of a slave-owning culture, he believes that equal rights apply to all men.
President Lincoln in his fight to uphold the Union agrees to ban slave trade and admits that the practice is wrong.
Slaves, who are forced to do hard work in the fields growing cotton and other crops, are often abused.
The Underground Railroad is dangerous; many risk their lives both escaping and helping others escape.
Slavery is a big business in the American colonies.
Henry Northup tells Platt (Solomon Northup) to throw down his sack because his "cotton-picking days are over."
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