On the other hand, America’s middle colonies experienced cultural and economic diversity in cities like Philadelphia and New York City. The region’s history of colonization by different ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered ... 1741: Fires break out in New York City, which has the second-largest urban population of blacks.

A New York City museum is opening an exhibit of rarely displayed maps that provide a blueprint of the transformation of the original 13 colonies into the United States of America. The exhibit ...

Nixon understood that black demands for equality—as cities were torn ... in the images of colonial subjects fighting an oppressive white government. America’s colonial history looked quite ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Latin America's oldest colonial city is aiming for a rebound, pouring tens of millions of dollars into repairing streets, cleaning up trash, installing ...