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This is an account of The Weeping Time in Savannah, Georgia, when 429 slaves were sold in a matter of two days at the Broeck racetrack. All of the slaves belonged to Pierce M. Butler, and many slave families were broken up.

An illustration of one of Sultan Isma'il's slave guards painted by François Pidou de Saint-Olon, the French ambassador to Morocco, in 1695.

It was published in a series of books titled "A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Ancient…

This online exhibit follows the life experience of Hank Van Driel, a Georgia resident who was a child in the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation between 1940 and 1945.

Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, probably at her home in Auburn, New York

A black and white photo of magician Harry Houdini. Houdini is shown from the waist up wearing a full suit and a bow tie. Houdini's body is angles to the left but he is looking to the right. He has his hands on his hips and a serious look on his face.…

Black and white full body image of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. Keller is seated on the left side and facing Sullivan. They have their hands joined as Sullivan is reading from a book and translating the book into sign language for Keller to…

This online exhibit follows the life experience of Hilbert Margol, a veteran of the European Theater and liberator of Dachau during World War II. 

Photographs taken of all four student groups presenting their topics.

Newspaper article about Patrick Quinlan and H.H. Holmes' "Murder Castle." Patrick Quinlan helped build and manage the hotel that Holmes used to trap and kill visitors at the Chicago World's Fair. After Holmes' arrest and conviction, Quinlan was…

The complex inner machinery of a U.S. submarine, amidships, looking aft.