Images

Statue of George VI, king of the United Kindgom (r. 1936-1952), designed by Gilbert Ledward, 1958. Zoological and Botanical Gardens of Hong Kong.

Statue of Queen Elizabeth II (r. 1952-2022). The design was selected by the queen herself and built by stonemason Richard Bossons to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee in 2022. York Minster, northern England.

This map illustrates the extent of the Italian Colonial Empire, established during the era of New Imperialism as Italy sought to assert itself alongside the great powers of Europe. Driven by both economic ambitions and national pride, the...

Escaped slave Gordon, also known as "Whipped Peter," formerly enslaved on a cotton plantation along the Atchafalaya River, showing his scarred back at a medical examination, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After the whipping, his wounds were salted...

Wilson Chinn, a branded slave from New Orleans, Louisiana, also exhibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves, carte de visite by Charles Paxson, 1863. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

An unidentified African-American man lynched from a tree. Photograph by National Photo Company, 1925. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

A photograph of a woman radio operator in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

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)

A c. March 1942 photograph of a Soviet Red Army unit using a Maxim heavy machine gun. (Imperial War Museums)

"Resurrection of Henry Box Brown," published with an account of the story in The Underground Railroad by Wiliam Still, 1872.