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In the 17th century, many groups of British Christians rose and fought against religious intolerance and corruption. The Puritans sought a return to biblical religion and a purified form of Christianity in England. This resulted in the Puritan...

Passmore Williamson (1822-1895), abolitionist, imprisoned for assisting a runaway slave, Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia, 1855. Chester County Historical Society.

An illustration titled The Scientists by Rita Greer showing the scientists Robert Hooke (1635-1703) and Robert Boyle (1627-1691) conducting an experiment with an air pump.

Louis Pasteur's pasteurization experiment illustrates the fact that the spoilage of liquid was caused by particles in the air rather than the liquid itself. These experiments were important pieces of evidence supporting the idea of Germ Theory...

The so-called Prison of Solomon (Zendan-i Suleiman), Pasargadae, Iran. A fire temple, a tomb or a depository, this now-fragmentary construction continues to defy secure interpretation.

Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris

Depiction of the September Massacres (2-7 September 1792) at the prison of Abbaye, where around two-thirds of prisoners were murdered. Watercolor by Jules-Adolphe Chauvet, 19th century. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

A September 1944 photograph of Nazi Gestapo prison cells at Breedonck in Belgium. (Imperial War Museums)

The (alleged) prison of Socrates on Filopappou Hill in Athens

A 1945 photograph of Rudolf Hess (1894-1987), once deputy leader of the German Nazi Party, in his prison cell during the Nuremberg Trials. (U.S. Army Signal Corps - Library of Congress)