Liberals still haven't awakened from the dream of American unity — but the Puritans and their followers knew better ...

In “Taking Manhattan,” Russell Shorto pays close attention to the darker aspects of colonial life on the island at the center ...

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Russell Shorto, author of Taking Manhattan, to uncover the untold stories of New York City's emergence as a hub of capitalism and pluralism, laying the ...

Last month was African American History month. On Feb. 21, Enterprise columnist Bob Seidenstein wrote about “Some words on words.” Time for some stories. In some mafia movies you hear “Send him to ...

But the old soldier, the last Dutch governor of New Amsterdam, limping on his wooden leg from a war wound, feared in that late summer of 1664 that his cause was hopeless. With a British fleet ...

In 1664, England positioned forces to invade the Netherlands’ colony of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.

By 1626, the Lenape “bartered” with the Dutch for the rights to use Manhattan for the colony of New Amsterdam ... was taken over by the British in 1664, it was composed of people with many ...