In 1822, freed Black Americans began resettling in a colony on the west coast of Africa. But the idea was controversial: Was ...

In this historical documentary, we explore the little-known story of Russia’s attempt to colonize parts of the Americas - including Alaska, California, and Hawaii. While European empires were ...

Foreign military officers referred to the American military as “speckled,” owing to the diverse racial makeup of its troops.

Ambition grows by what it feeds on, and success in Mexico will not improbably encourage them to repeat the operation in the other Spanish-American Republics. Those Republics have been all ...

A criminal case in Alaska involving nearly a dozen people born in American Samoa is highlighting concerns about birthright ...

In part, the dominance of beef in American cuisine can be traced to settler colonialism, a form of colonization in which settlers claim—and then transform—lands inhabited by Indigenous people.

Historians have for a long time believed that leprosy was introduced to the Americas by European settlers, but the latest ...