Jeremy K. Simien encountered an enigmatic 1837 New Orleans painting on the Internet, which included the compelling image of an enslaved teen named Bélizaire. His hunt for the artwork took years.

Author Scott Nelson discussed the Panic of 1837. He explained his arguments regarding the causes and legacy of this economic crisis.

By 1837, the new president, Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), was faced with a national panic. Sarony’s original satirical “Treasury Note” had a central panel framed by panels on either side. In the ...

You may have slept through the lesson your U.S. history class gave on the Panic of 1837, but it’s a prophetic subject given the stark similarities it shares with the Great Recession. Back then ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Around 1837, Frederick Frey, a German-born man living in Louisiana, commissioned a portrait of his three white children, as well as an enslaved Black child.

The Panic of 1837, America’s worst financial crisis of the 19th century, shares sobering parallels with the financial crash of 2008, says Jessica Lepler, PhD’08. Like the more recent crisis, the 1837 ...

Roger Lowenstein reviews "America's First Great Depression: Economic Crisis and Political Disorder After the Panic of 1837" by Alasdair Roberts.

Library of Congress In May 1837, a major financial crisis engulfed America's approximately 800 banks, ... Jeffrey Rogers Hummel on the Panic of 1837. Reason Staff | 6.22.2014 10:00 AM.

As president, however, Van Buren maintained Jacksonian policies that magnified an economic downturn, leading to the Panic of 1837. "Martin Van Ruin" was not re-elected... Died: July 24, 1862, in ...