Proud of her Southern roots and fervently pro-slavery, Rose O'Neal Greenhow wanted to support the Confederacy in any way she ...

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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

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A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

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