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David Thompson
David Thompson was an 18th century explorer who mapped more than 1.5 million square miles of Western Canada. Born into poverty, he was educated at a charity school and recruited as an indentured…Matthew Ashby Biography
Matthew Ashby Born: 1727Birthplace: York County, Va. Ashby was the son of a Black man and Mary Ashby, a white woman who was an indentured servant. He was born free because in Colonial times a…Deborah Samson Biography
Deborah Samsonwar heroineBorn: 1760Birthplace: Plympton, Massachusetts The oldest of at least seven children, Samson learned responsibility at an early age. Her father abandoned the family…The True George Washington: Farmer and Proprietor: Products
ProductsThe magnitude of the charge of such an estate can be better understood when the condition of a Virginia plantation is realized. Before the Revolution practically everything the…More Recent Trends
Although adoption is mentioned in the legal codes and writings of many ancient peoples, including the Romans and Hebrews, no such laws existed in England or her colonies prior to the middle of the…The History of Adoption
Ancient adoptions were not always in the interest of the child by Beth Rowen Related Links Slideshow: Famous Adoptees or Adopters U.S. State Department Statistics on…History of Slavery in America
What to the Slave is the 4th of July? As immortalized in the above Frederick Douglass quote, the United State has contended with the moral and economic problems of slavery from the beginning.…Cuba: Photo Slideshow
photos by Carol M. Highsmith Prev Next Havana, Cuba The capital and Cuba's largest city, Havana boasts more than 2.5 million inhabitants. Havana is also one of the America's…And Baby Makes 300?
Prolific fathers provide new twist to "all in the family" Highest U.S. Birthrates State Birthrate* Utah Texas Arizona California…Immigration Milestones
A Nation of Immigrants The U.S. is a nation of immigrants. The first wave of immigrants to colonial America, from England, France, Germany, and other northern European countries, were fleeing…Trending
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