Slavery caused the Civil War. More exactly, the economics of slavery caused the Civil War. Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley made news last month when she was asked at a New Hampshire town ...

The "Corwin Amendment" to the U.S. Constitution would have protected slavery. RI was one of five states to approve it.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Thursday addressed the backlash to her Wednesday night comments about what she thought was the cause of the American Civil War, during which she ...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is cleaning up comments she made about the U.S. Civil War after catching heat from both sides of the political aisle. Haley faced a backlash from the ...

Juneteenth is America's best-known emancipation celebration—but not its only one.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley failed to use the word “slavery” when discussing the cause of the Civil War and the ...

BOSTON - The kerfuffle over GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley's failure to mention slavery in her response to a voter's question about what caused the Civil War is a good example of why ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Haley was asked what caused the Civil War by a voter on Wednesday ...

I was dismayed to read Washington Post columnist Ruben Navarrette’s column “Haley wrong; so are some of her critics" (Friday) chastising Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley and her critics for ...

Federal troops position artillery on Stafford Heights, Va., to shell the town of Fredericksburg and the Confederate forces ...

The American Civil War left many lasting scars in the national psyche, which helps to explain why it has repeatedly proved to ...