How U.S. Westward Expansion Breathed New Life into Slavery

The 19th-century American West has long been described as a land of opportunity. But for many, it was little more than another place of bondage.
America is at the brink of a Civil War as cotton spreads west and threatens to expand slavery into new territories.

Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas Jefferson, Lewis

Westward Expansion - Timeline, Events & Facts

Westward Expansion: Encounters at a Cultural Crossroads

Writings Daina Ramey Berry

The Last Confederate General to Surrender Was Native American

U.S. Slavery: Timeline, Figures & Abolition

TIPHC Newsletter, March 11-17, 2018 - Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture

Clotilda: Journey of the last American slave ship

Texas secedes, March 2, 1861

Imagining the West, territorial expansion, and the politics of

The Westward Spirit – U.S. History

The Westward Spirit – U.S. History

Texas secedes, March 2, 1861

American frontier - Expansion, Settlement, Westward Movement