Historian Eric Jay Dolin brilliantly argues that the trade in animal skins turned colonial America into a tumultuous frontier where global powers battled for control. From the 17th century right ...

This flexibility, spurred by demands from their lucrative fur trade—which was competing against French arms—led to lighter and less unwieldy hunting guns by 1730.

In the winter of 1783, officers of the Hudson’s Bay Company, a powerful British trade organization, crossed the Atlantic on the American ship Carolina. As they talked together on the upper deck ...

The fur trade was one of the early economic drivers in the fledgling colonies at the time. Fur-lined coats and hats lined with beaver fur were all the rage in Europe, and North America was a big ...

The fur trade was one of the early economic drivers in the fledgling colonies at the time. Fur-lined coats and hats lined with beaver fur were all the rage in Europe, and North America was a big ...

Their melanin melded with a part of American history their enslaved ancestors helped carry on their backs. “They talk about the fur trade ... And then the last gallery is about the Colonial ...