In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts, took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...

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Delaware’s newest member of Congress is its first-ever openly transgender member. Why doesn’t she talk about it more?

The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax uprising against George Washington's government that marked the young USA's first major crisis, and nearly triggered a new revolution.