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A July 1941 photograph showing the ruins of Minsk following the battle of Białystok-Minsk in Jun-Jul 1941 during Operation Barbarossa of the Second World War (1939-45). In the battle, the USSR's Red Army was defeated by Axis forces. (German...

Kingdom of Kongo bowmen. The bulk of Kongo's infantry forces consisted of archers equipped and dressed in a similar fashion to those encountered by the David Livingstone expedition. Illustration from Heroes of the dark continent and how Stanley...

Fort Mose Historic State Park: St. Augustine, Florida, USA: The clump of trees is where the remains of the fort are located. Fort Mose, the first Free Black Community in North America, was most likely the destination of the rebels under Cato/Jemmy...

A Civil War-era political cartoon depicting Andrew Jackson (aka the Union) triumphing over John C. Calhoun (aka states' rights proponents) during the Nullification Crisis. The cartoon was meant as a critique of presidential candidate George...

Robert Y. Hayne (1791-1839), senator from South Carolina and proponent of nullification, engraving by William G. Jackman. New York Public Library.

Daniel Webster gives his famous 'Second Reply to Hayne' on 27 January 1830 during the Webster-Hayne debate, painting by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1851. Great Hall at Faneuil Hall, Boston.

Senator Daniel Webster delivers his famous reply to Senator Robert Y. Hayne on 27 January 1830, at the climax of the Webster-Hayne debate, illustration from 363 of The political history of the United States by James Penny Boyd, 1888. Library...

John C. Calhoun, American congressman and vice president in the pre-Civil War era, oil on canvas by George Peter Alexander Healy, c. 1845. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Daniel Webster, or 'Black Dan', who made up one-third of the 'Great Triumvirate' of US congressmen (the other two being Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun), portrait by Francis Alexander, commissioned in honor of his legal defense in Dartmouth...

A photograph of the Salute to the Red Army, a concert held in celebration of the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 21 February 1943. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Anthony Eden (1897-1977...