American history

As seen in this early 19th-century depiction of an initiation, Masons have long used secrecy to

A history of Freemasonry: from Enlightenment ideals to satanic conspiracy stories

The pilgrim fathers

Your guide to the Pilgrim Fathers, plus 6 interesting facts

The then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump taking part in the final presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, 19 October 2016. Trump repeatedly claimed that the election was “rigged” against him. (Photo by Joe Raedle/AFP/Getty Images)

A brief history of election “rigging” in the United States

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A 19th-century painting of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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View of East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Photo by Library of Congress)

The American Civil War: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A c1590 map of English settlers landing at Roanoke Island. (Photo by Alamy)

History’s greatest mysteries The lost colony of Roanoke Island . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The arrival of Sir Walter Raleigh in Virginia

What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke Island?

National guardsmen confront confront citizens during Chicago's race riots

Red summer of 1919: the history of Chicago’s race riots

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Why was there a backlash against face masks during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918?

Four Murder, Inc hitmen are questioned by detectives

Murder, Inc: the rise and fall of New York City’s mafia hitmen

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American abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass, c 1866. (Photo by Shutterstock)

African American abolitionists in Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, 1806. (Photo by IanDagnall Computing/Alamy Stock Photo)

The dark side of Alexander Hamilton

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President Kennedy gives a televised speech, 22 October 1962. (Photo by Getty Images)

The Cuban Missile Crisis: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Phillipa Soo, Renee Elise Goldsberry and Jasmine Cephas Jones as the Schuyler sisters in 'Hamilton'. (Image: Disney+)

The women of Hamilton: Angelica, Eliza and… Maria Reynolds

Tom Hanks in 'Greyhound' (2020)

Second World War

The real history that inspired WW2 film Greyhound