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An Unidentified African-American Man Lynched from a Tree
An unidentified African-American man lynched from a tree. Photograph by National Photo Company, 1925.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Female Red Army Radio Operator
A photograph of a woman radio operator in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
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Red Army Uniform & PPSh-41 Submachine Gun
A PPSh-41 submachine gun, padded jacket, and fur hat, all typical elements of Red Army rifle infantry units during the Second World War (1939-45). (Memorial de la Paix, Caen, France)
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Red Army Maxim Machine Gun
A c. March 1942 photograph of a Soviet Red Army unit using a Maxim heavy machine gun. (Imperial War Museums)
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Resurrection of Henry Box Brown
"Resurrection of Henry Box Brown," published with an account of the story in The Underground Railroad by Wiliam Still, 1872.
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Abolitionist Passmore Williamson in Prison
Passmore Williamson (1822-1895), abolitionist, imprisoned for assisting a runaway slave, Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia, 1855.
Chester County Historical Society.
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Henry Box Brown
Henry Box Brown, the former slave who had himself mailed from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to escape slavery on 29 March 1849. Image by Charles Stearns, frontspiece to the 1849 edition of Narrative of the Life of Henry...
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The Love of King David and Fair Bethsabe
Title page of the first edition of The Love of King David and Fair Bethsabe by George Peele, printed by Adam Islip, London, 1599.
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Robert Greene's The Honorable History of Friar Bacon and Friar Bongay
Title pages of two editions of The Honorable Historie of Frier Bacon and Frier Bongay by Robert Greene (c. 1558-1592), reproduced in The Plays & Poems of Robert Greene, 1905.
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The Roman Empire under Septimius Severus, 193-211 CE - Reshaping an Empire: Power, Ambition, and the Birth of a Military Dynasty
This map illustrates the Roman Empire under the rule of Septimius Severus from 193 to 211 CE, a period marked by military expansion, internal consolidation, and the founding of the Severan dynasty. Rising to power during the Year of the Five...
