Ethics Chapters

African-American slaves are bought and sold like animals in the country's system of chattel slavery.

Petersburg, Virginia is a strategically important town to the Confederates during the Civil War. Union leaders believe they can win the war if they c...

Peter the Hermit is a French man who goes from town to town preaching and motivating people to join the Crusade.

Larsson's third book, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, is also set in real and fictional places in Sweden.

While helping to build a home for the Epps family, Platt (Solomon Northup) meets a Canadian man called Bass. That meeting will change Platt's life.

With an intermediate stop in Richmond (Virginia), Solomon Northup (now known by his slave-name "Platt") spends time in another slave pen before he boa...

Why do poppies grow in Flanders Fields? What made the red field poppies spring-up during the Second Battle of Ypres?

Many oppose the judge's decision; read comments by Isabella Beecher Hooker.

While waiting for Stalin to arrive, President Truman writes of the devastation in Berlin.

Benjamin Banneker proves himself a genius, yet slavery continues even after it is illegal.

Even though Raymond has an agreement with Saladin, the Franks on his land attack Saladin's men.

When John Dillinger begins his 13-month crime spree, placing him at the top of America's "most wanted" list, the Great Depression is ongoing.