In 1848, Ellen and William Craft escaped from slavery in Georgia by Ellen posing as a Southern gentleman and William as 'his' slave (since women were not allowed...

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The Tragedy of Richard III: Shakespeare's First Great Villain - World History Encyclopedia

The Tragedy of Richard III, often referred to as simply Richard III, is a history play by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), probably written around 1592-94. It...

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07.05.2025

Solomon Northup: 12 Years a Slave - World History Encyclopedia

Solomon Northup (circa 1807/1808 to circa 1857/1864) was a free-born African American living in New York State when he was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery...

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06.05.2025

The Immortal Ten: The Daring Rescue of John Doy - World History Encyclopedia

The Immortal Ten were a group of abolitionists from Kansas Territory (where slavery was hotly contested) who slipped across the Missouri River into St. Joseph...

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03.05.2025

Eyewitness Accounts of WWII's Eastern Front - World History Encyclopedia

The Eastern Front (1941-5), called the Western Front or Great Patriotic War by the Soviets, was by far the bloodiest of the Second World War (1939-45). In this...

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03.05.2025

Belisarius & Antonina: Love and War in the Age of Justinian - World History Encyclopedia

More than just captivating entertainment and an enthralling narrative, this book is an outstanding classroom resource for teaching students the art of detecting...

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02.05.2025

W. M. Mitchell's The Underground Railroad: A Firsthand Account of the Struggle for Freedom - World History Encyclopedia

William M. Mitchell (circa 1826 to circa 1879) was a free-born Black overseer in North Carolina who, after 12 years managing slaves on a plantation, experienced...

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02.05.2025

Hegra and Jabal Ikmah, AlUla, Saudia Arabia: Two different but stunning archaeological sites on the ancient incense trail - World History Encyclopedia

Although 30,000 archaeological sites have been identified in the AlUla area of Saudi Arabia, only 8 are currently open to visitors: Jabal Ikmah, which has hundreds...

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01.05.2025

German-Soviet War: WWII's Bloodiest Front - World History Encyclopedia

The German-Soviet War, known in the USSR and today's Russia as the Great Patriotic War or, in Western Europe, as the Eastern Front of the Second World War (1939-45...

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01.05.2025

Futures after Progress: Hope and Doubt in Late Industrial Baltimore - World History Encyclopedia

Chloe Ahmann’s Futures After Progress offers a delightful journey into South Baltimore’s environment and ecology. South Baltimore, due to frequent factory fires...

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01.05.2025

Lear Green: Escaping Slavery in a Chest - World History Encyclopedia

Lear Green (circa 1839-1860) was an enslaved African American woman in Baltimore, Maryland, who had herself shipped in a chest to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

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30.04.2025

Underground Railroad: Pathways to Freedom - World History Encyclopedia

The Underground Railroad was a decentralized network of White abolitionists, free Blacks, former slaves, Mexicans, Native Americans, and others opposing slavery...

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30.04.2025

Battle of Smolensk in 1943: Operation Suvorov - World History Encyclopedia

The Battle of Smolensk in August to September 1943 was the second time the Soviet Union and the Third Reich fought over the city on the Dnieper during the Second...

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29.04.2025

The Poems of Christopher Marlowe - World History Encyclopedia

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), also known as Kit Marlowe, was one of the most influential dramatists of Elizabethan theatre. Though he is best known for his...

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29.04.2025

Battle of Kursk: Largest Tank Battle in History - World History Encyclopedia

The Battle of Kursk (Jul-Aug 1943), which involved nearly 6,000 tanks, was the largest tank battle in history and ended in a decisive victory for the Red Army...

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24.04.2025

This Barking Dog: Religion and Homosexuality in the Works of Christopher Marlowe - World History Encyclopedia

On 5 May 1593, a series of anti-Protestant bills were posted throughout the city of London. One of the bills was written in iambic pentameter and included several...

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23.04.2025

The Violent and Mysterious Death of Christopher Marlowe - World History Encyclopedia

On the evening of 30 May 1593, the sounds of a heated argument could be heard emanating from a boarding house in Deptford, a district of London on the south bank...

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17.04.2025

4 Lesser-Known Elizabethan Playwrights and Poets - World History Encyclopedia

The Elizabethan era is often regarded as a golden age for English culture, language, and literature. Though William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson...

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17.04.2025

Henry Box Brown on Slavery in the United States - World History Encyclopedia

The Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown (1851) is the autobiography of Henry Box Brown (l. c. 1815-1897), who became the most famous fugitive slave of his...

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17.04.2025

The Red Army in WWII - World History Encyclopedia

The Red Army of the USSR began the Second World War (1939-45) with a series of shocking defeats, but from late 1942, it rallied and held on to key cities like...

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16.04.2025

4 Elizabethan Playwrights and Poets - World History Encyclopedia

The Elizabethan era is often regarded as a golden age for English culture, language, and literature. Though William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson...

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16.04.2025

Henry Box Brown - World History Encyclopedia

Henry Box Brown (l. c. 1815-1897) was an enslaved African American who became famous as "the man who mailed himself to freedom" after he had himself shipped in...

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15.04.2025

Sojourner Truth's Escape from Slavery - World History Encyclopedia

Sojourner Truth's Escape from Slavery comes from the Narrative of Sojourner Truth, an account of the famous abolitionist's life as given to her friend and admirer...

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15.04.2025

Hegra and Jabal Ikmah, Saudia Arabia - World History Encyclopedia

Although 30,000 archaeological sites have been identified in the AlUla area of Saudi Arabia, only 8 are currently open to visitors: Jabal Ikmah, which has hundreds...

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12.04.2025

Battle of Stalingrad - World History Encyclopedia

The Battle of Stalingrad (now Volgograd, July 1942 to February 1943) was an attempt by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) to control the USSR's access to the Caucasus oil...

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12.04.2025

Sojourner Truth - World History Encyclopedia

Sojourner Truth (l. c. 1797-1883) was an African American abolitionist, women's suffrage advocate, and civil rights activist who famously "walked away" from slavery...

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11.04.2025

Italian Colonialism in Eritrea - World History Encyclopedia

Eritrea, located on the Red Sea coast of the Horn of Africa, was the ‘firstborn’ colony of Italy. The potential of a trade centre and naval base at Assab first...

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11.04.2025

Harriet Jacobs - World History Encyclopedia

Harriet Jacobs (l. c. 1813-1897) was a former slave, abolitionist, and author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), her autobiography, describing her...

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10.04.2025

Education in Roman Spain - World History Encyclopedia

There was no compulsory state education for children in any of the western provinces of the Roman Empire. The primary sources are sparse when it comes to the...

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10.04.2025

Battle of Edington - World History Encyclopedia

The Battle of Edington, fought in May 878 in southwest England, saw Alfred the Great, King of Wessex (r. 871-899), win a decisive victory over the Viking leader...

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09.04.2025

Fear of Insurrection - World History Encyclopedia

Fear of Insurrection comes from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) by Harriet Jacobs (l. c. 1813-1897) describing the reaction of the White community...

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08.04.2025

Titus Andronicus - World History Encyclopedia

Titus Andronicus is the earliest tragedy by William Shakespeare (l. c.1564-1616), probably written sometime between 1589 and 1593, and first performed in 1594...

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08.04.2025

Battle of Moscow in 1941-2 - World History Encyclopedia

The Battle of Moscow (Oct 41 to Jan 42) was Germany's first major land defeat in the Second World War (1939-45). Although Axis panzer divisions reached within...

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05.04.2025

Notes on the State of Virginia - World History Encyclopedia

Notes on the State of Virginia (1785) is the only full-length work by Thomas Jefferson (l. 1743-1826) published in his lifetime and was written in response to...

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04.04.2025

Poems of Phillis Wheatley and Jefferson's Criticism - World History Encyclopedia

Although Phillis Wheatley's poetry found an audience upon publication, it was not well received by everyone and some, notably Thomas Jefferson (l. 1743-1826...

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03.04.2025

Siege of Sevastopol in 1941-2 - World History Encyclopedia

The siege of Sevastopol (Oct 41 to Jul 42) was an attack by Axis forces on the base of the USSR's Black Sea Fleet during Operation Barbarossa of the Second World...

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03.04.2025

Christian Celibate Martyrs - World History Encyclopedia

Martyrologies, a unique genre of Christian literature, appeared from the 2nd century CE. A martyrology tells the story of the suffering and ordeals of a Christian...

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02.04.2025

Views of the Afterlife in Roman Tombstone Inscriptions - World History Encyclopedia

Ancient views of the afterlife are reflected in literature, tomb inscriptions, and grave goods. Then, as now, a belief in another stage of existence after death...

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02.04.2025

Ellen and William Craft's Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom - World History Encyclopedia

Ellen and William Craft's Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (1860) tells the story of the couple's escape from slavery, with Ellen disguised as a young, White...

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01.04.2025

Phillis Wheatley - World History Encyclopedia

Phillis Wheatley (l. c. 1753-1784) was the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry and become recognized as a poet, overcoming the prevailing...

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Slave Hunters in Boston: The Failed Attempt to Capture Ellen & William Craft - World History Encyclopedia

The Tragedy of Richard III: Shakespeare's First Great Villain - World History Encyclopedia

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