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Homotherium Skull
Cast of the skull of a scimitar-toothed cat (genus Homotherium) which appeared across Africa, Eurasia and the Americas during the Pliocene (c. 5 million - c. 2,6 million years ago) and the Pleistocene (c. 2,6 million- c. 12,000 years ago...
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Jean Lafitte
Jean Lafitte (also spelt Laffite, c. 1780 to c. 1820 CE) was a Franco-American leader of pirates and privateers who captured merchant vessels of various states in the Gulf of Mexico from 1810 to 1820. Lafitte proved an invaluable ally for...
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Ten Juneteenth Myths
The celebration of Juneteenth – originally known as "Freedom Day" – began on 1 January 1866 in Texas and, since then, a number of myths have grown up around the event it commemorates: the issuance of General Order No. 3 in Galveston Texas...
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History of Juneteenth
Juneteenth is an annual event celebrating the end of chattel slavery in the United States in commemorating the issuance of General Order No. 3 (which included the line "all slaves are free") in Galveston, Texas on 19 June 1865. In 2021, Juneteenth...
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United States Expansion after the Treaty of Paris in 1783
A map illustrating the expansion of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris (September 3, 1783), which ended the War of the American Revolution, recognized U.S. independence, and granted it sizeable additional territory...
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Presentation of Captives to a Maya Ruler
This carved limestone relief, dated 23 August 783 CE, depicts three scribes being presented as prisoners to a Maya ruler. The captives are identified as scribes by the stick-bundle the first one holds (the traditional implements of scribes...
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The Garden of Eden by Thomas Cole
The Garden of Eden by Thomas Cole. 19th century CE. (Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
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Portrait of Jean Lafitte
A 19th-century portrait of the Franco-American pirate and privateer Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 - c. 1821). (Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas)
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General Order No. 3 of 19 June 1865
General Order No. 3, issued in Galveston, Texas, 19 June 1865.
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Bison-Dance of the Mandan Natives
Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of their Medecine Lodge. In Mih-Tutta-Hankush, illustration by Karl Bodmer from the book Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, during the years 1832–1834. DeGolyer...