Their own private civil war would foreshadow the country's. Fanny Kemble was an abolitionist; her husband Pierce Butler was a slaveholder. With such diametrically opposed views, it's no wonder ...

The 1,500-acre tidewater plantation was originally purchased in 1793 by Major Pierce Butler, a signer of the United States Constitution whose grandsons—Pierce Mease Butler and John Mease Butler ...

The sale would thereafter be known as "the weeping time." The owner of the slaves, Pierce Butler, had inherited the family's Georgia plantations some twenty years earlier, along with his brother John.

William Pierce Butler (WCAS05), the once-quiet poetry student, is now a full-time, modern-day rock star with the ultra-popular indie rock sensation Arcade Fire. He plays a variety of instruments — now ...

NBA legend Paul Pierce made an intriguing comparison between the Golden State Warriors, featuring Stephen Curry and Jimmy ...

In a recent interview, legendary James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan voiced a strong opinion on the future of the iconic spy franchise, insisting that the next 007 should indeed be British. As the search ...