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Colonel Christopher Greene
Christopher Greene (1737-1781), a colonel in the Continental Army who commanded the famous 1st Rhode Island Regiment, the first American military unit to consist primarily of Black soldiers. Greene led the regiment at the battles of Red Bank...
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Soldiers at the Siege of Yorktown
Soldiers at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). A Black infantryman of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment is depicted at the far left. Watercolor by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine DeVerger, 1781. Anne...
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Black Infantryman from the 1st Rhode Island Regiment
A cropped image of a Black infantryman from the 1st Rhode Island Regiment during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783); the full watercolor shows American troops at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781. By Jean Baptiste Antoine de Verger, 1781...
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Salon of Madame Geoffrin
An 1814 oil painting by Anocet Lemonnier showing the Parisian salon of Madame Geoffrin (1699-1777). Original title: Une soirée chez Mme Geoffrin. The sitters include Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Denis Diderot, Montesquieu, and Fontenelle. Madame...
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The Great Departure, Sanchi
This composition possibly depicts the departure of the Buddha-to-be from the city of Kapilavastu in his quest for Enlightenment, Eastern Gateway, Stupa 1, Sanchi.
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Holy Cross Episcopal Mission Used as Hospital at Wounded Knee
The Holy Cross Episcopal Mission, Wounded Knee, South Dakota, used as a hospital for the wounded Lakota Sioux following the Wounded Knee Massacre.
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What's Left of Big Foot's Band - Wounded Knee Massacre Survivors
Photo known as "What's Left of Big Foot's Band" by John C. H. Grabill, January 1891, showing the surviving members of the people of Lakota Sioux Chief Spotted Elk (also known as Big Foot, l. 1826-1890) after the Wounded Knee Massacre of 29...
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The Battlefield at Wounded Knee
View of the Battlefield at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, the morning after the battle. Photograph presented by Colonel William A. Mercer (New London, Connecticut), December 29, 1890.
US National Archives and Records Administration
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17th-century Japanese Tea Vendors
A print showing Japanese tea vendors. Edo Period, c. 1846, print from a 1632 original. Copied by Kanō Osanobu and Kanō Masanobu. (From Poetry Competition of Artisans, vol.2)
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Corpse of Lakota Chief Spotted Elk After Wounded Knee Massacre
The dead body of Lakota Sioux Chief Spotted Elk (also known as Big Foot, l. 1826-1890) lies in the snow after the Wounded Knee Massacre of 29 December 1890.
US National Archives and Records Administration.
