The cover of 'Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln,' a new book by Kevin Orlin Johnson. It details the case of Nance Legins-Costley, who was freed from indentured servitude by an ...

The book's author Kevin Orlin Johnson has written extensively about Lincoln and in a 2022 book ... after the death of his father-in-law, Robert Smith Todd. Legins-Costley's case from 1841 was ...

Nearly a century after the Civil Conservation Corps reconstructed the once-thriving village of New Salem where Abraham ...

Closed since last summer, museum reopens Saturday at Harvey House with new owner and hoopla, columnist David Allen writes.

There are a lot of reasons to love Manchester, Vermont. It’s got four seasons of outdoor adventure opportunities, fun shops, ...

Here is a brief rundown of some coming entertainment options in Northeast Ohio. Make submissions for consideration via email to [email protected] or [email protected]. You ...

Vermont makes an amazing destination for a weekend away, no matter what time of year you choose to visit. Sure, you should ...

Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army ...

Historian and journalist Clay Risen in his new book ... 14-year-old who is offered a job in Lincoln’s Springfield, Illinois, household helping Mary Todd Lincoln with her children and doing ...

Robert Allen Todd, 92, died Monday February 24th at Azalea Gardens memory care in Tallahassee, Florida. He was the son of John L. Todd and Laura Killian Todd of Lancaster Pennsylvania. Robert was ...

He has been working at the brand since 2016, and is the author of the No. 1 New York Times best-selling book, Not All Diamonds ... suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham ...