How Eli Whitney Provoked the Civil War

The Civil War was inadvertently provoked by an invention made by Eli Whitney.

Cotton Gin, Savannah GA History Museum

Saving Pere David’s Deer

The unusual Père David’s Deer was saved from extinction only by the presence of a single captive herd in the Emperor of China’s private garden.

Pere David’s Deer, Oklahoma City Zoo

Baltimore’s Civil War Riot

The “First Bloodshed of the Civil War” did not happen at Fort Sumter: it happened in the streets of Baltimore.

President Street Train Station

England’s 1381 Peasant Revolt

In 14th century England, the largest political rebellion in the country’s history broke out in London. It had far-reaching consequences which can still be felt today.

The death of Wat Tyler. A contemporary manuscript.