Images

Southern Chivalry: The Caning of Charles Sumner, depicting the attack on abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner by pro-slavery Senator Preston Brooks in the US Senate, lithograph by John L. Magee, 1856...

Ruins of the Free State Hotel after the 1856 sacking of the Free State City of Lawrence, Kansas by pro-slavery advocates. State Historical Society of Missouri.

Two unidentified border ruffians with swords, Clinton, Iowa, photograph by Blackall, Clinton, Iowa, c. 1854-60. The so-called "Border Ruffians" played a major role in the hostilities of "Bleeding Kansas"...

A sculpture from Gandhara depicting the worship of Buddha's bowl, 2nd-5th century CE. Islamabad Museum, Pakistan.

This antique map of Belgium depicts the Forêts department under the First French Empire. It was created in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is part of the Atlas National de France...

This antique map of Italy represents the Genoa department under the First French Empire. It was produced in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is part of the Atlas National de France...

This antique map of Belgium depicts the Jemappes department under the First French Empire. It was created in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is included in the Atlas National...

This antique map of Belgium represents the Lys department under the First French Empire. It was created in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is part of the Atlas National de France...

This antique map of Italy shows the Marengo department under the First French Empire. It was produced in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is part of the Atlas National de France...

This antique map, spanning present-day Belgium and the Netherlands, represents the Meuse-Inférieure department under the First French Empire. It was created in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles...