In The Unseen Truth, Sarah Lewis examines how an erroneous 18th-century story ... and one of the most popular American public lecturers in the late 19th century, was probably the first American ...

And yet, surprisingly, there is a striking parallel in American history. Like Trump, 18th century Congressman Matthew Lyon from Vermont constantly attacked an allegedly elitist establishment and ...

In the early 18th century, the industries established during ... was fuelled by the wars - the Seven Years' War (1756-63), the American War of Independence (1775-83) and the French Revolutionary ...

An organized system to assist runaway slaves seems to have begun towards the end of the 18th century. In 1786 George Washington complained about how one of his runaway slaves was helped by a ...