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Whiskey Rebellion
Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland, before their march to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion. Oil on canvas painting attributed to Frederick Kemmelmeyer, c. 1795. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York...
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A Mob Tars and Feathers a Federal Tax Collector During the Whiskey Rebellion
In western Pennsylvania, a mob has tarred and feathered a federal tax collector in the unrest surrounding the Whiskey Rebellion, 1791-1794. Illustration from the book Our first century...
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Maji-Maji Rebellion, German East Africa
An early-20th-century painting by Wilhelm Kuhnert depicting German-led African Askari troops at the Battle of Mahenge during the Maji-Maji Rebellion (1905-7) against colonial rule in German East Africa.
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Bacon's Rebellion: The Burning of Jamestown
The Burning of Jamestown. Illustration by Howard Pyle, from page 120 of Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History: from 458 A.D. to 1905 by Benson John Lossing, Ed. Vol 5 of 10, New York: Harper & Brothers...
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Kikuyu Soldiers during the Mau Mau Rebellion
A photograph of two Kikuyu tribesmen working as members of a counter-gang tracking down Mau Mau rebels in British Kenya during the Mau Mau rebellion (1952-60).
Imperial War Museums, UK.
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Song of Everlasting Sorrow
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow is a narrative poem of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) inspired by the love affair between Xuanzong (r. 712-756 CE), the seventh emperor of the dynasty, and his consort Lady Yang. It was written...
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Nat Turner & The Rebellion That Shook the South
In 1831, a slave rebellion led by #NatTurner shook the South to its core. In its wake, the grip of the slaveholders tightened even further. But who was Nat Turner, how did his #rebellion start, and how...
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Sepoy Mutiny
The 1857-8 Sepoy Mutiny (aka Sepoy Rebellion, Indian Mutiny, The Uprising or First Indian War of Independence) was a failed rebellion against the rule of the British East India Company (EIC) in India. Initially a mutiny of the Indian...
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Map of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 - Published by J. Barthelemier, Paris
This antique map of India illustrates the Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny. It was published by J. Barthelemier, successor to Ch. Picquet. The map provides a...
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Tyrol Rebellion of 1809
The Tyrolean militia returns from war during Tyrol's rebellion against Napoleon in 1809, during the War of the Fifth Coalition. Oil on canvas by Franz Defregger, 1876.
Alte Nationalgalerie , Berlin.