Washington D.C.: 1850s: The nation's capital is a center of the domestic slave trade; many lawmakers were slaveholders. Slavery is not abolished in Washington, D.C. until 1862. 1838: The Anti ...

Early map of Nantucket, Courtesy ... accompanied their husband-captains on whaling voyages to the Pacific. Since 1850, this practice has been becoming more common, with many wives establishing ...

One way to really get to know your neighbor is through a map, where data shows us the opinions of other states. But in a world filled with data constantly showing us graphics to match, sometimes, we ...

This map is a vertical representation of the population density in the United States of America. The taller the line, the ...

The restored maps fill a gap between the survey in 1850s published by Joseph Adshead, and the 1904 map of housing condition in Manchester and Salford by campaigner Thomas R. Marr. In some respects, ...

"If you had a map of Covid's biggest effects now and a map of child deaths in 1850, they look remarkably similar," Prof Chris Whitty told an NHS conference in June. Experts say the problems of ...

Fast food brands are fighting for every untapped corner of America. To see which brands are ... concentrated in urban areas. Check out maps of the top 15 below. #1 Subway has 26,887 stores ...

How safe is the United States? Threats to our safety come in many different forms, from natural disasters to violent crime. Preliminary evidence from the National Safety Council has estimated that ...

W alletHub compared America's 50 states across 37 key safety indicators. Here are the safest and most dangerous states in the US. More from Military & Defense W alletHub compared America's 50 ...

To this day we have better maps of Venus, Mars, and the far side of the moon than we do of much of underwater America. But now it’s time for a new epic journey. Last June the United States ...

Three of the five groups (Hadley, Berkeley and Copernicus/ECMWF) are very likely to show annual temperatures exceeding 1.5C above pre-industrial levels (defined here as the 1850-1900 period), while ...

The 44th Bank of America Chicago Marathon, the city's biggest racing event of the year, steps off in a matter of days, set to take thousands of runners on a grand tour of the city. As street ...