Passmore Williamson (1822-1895) was a Quaker abolitionist, successful businessman, and member of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. #History #PassmoreWilliamson #Abolitionism #JaneJohnson #Slavery #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24508-en/

Timur (1336-1405), also known as Tamerlane, Temür, or Timur Leng, was the founder of the Timurid Empire (1370-1507), which had its heartlands in modern-day Uzbekistan and capital at Samarkand. #History #Timur #Tamerlane #TimuridEmpire #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-22105-en/

Jane Johnson (circa 1814/1827-1872) and her two young sons, Daniel and Isaiah, were slaves of one John Hill Wheeler of North Carolina, who brought them north to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on his way to New York in July 1855 en route to a government position in Nicaragua. #History #Abolitionism #JaneJohnson #Slavery #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2729-en/

The U-boat, short for Unterseeboot (undersea boat), was the name for submarines used by the German Navy during the First World War (1914-18) and Second World War (1939-45). #History #U-Boat #BattleOfAtlantic #FirstWorldWar #GermanNavy #SecondWorldWar #Submarine #WWI #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24502-en/

William "Box" Peel Jones was an enslaved African American who, in 1859, was shipped in a box from an unknown location to the home of the abolitionist William Still (1819-1902) in Philadelphia and then traveled on, with assistance from the Underground Railroad, to freedom in Canada. #History #Abolitionism #Slavery #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2727-en/

Roman women faced legal, ideological, and cultural limitations in several areas of their lives; deep-rooted traditions regarding the role of women in the Roman world resulted in pre-conceived views which saw women characterised by weakness in judgement and mental incapacity. #History #RomanRepublic #RomanEmpire #RomanEconomy #Women #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2726-en/

Philostratus’s "Heroikos," composed by a leading figure of the Second Sophistic movement, presents a rich and intricate literary dialogue that encapsulates the cultural, religious, and political currents of the Roman Empire during the Severan era. #History #RomanEmpire #Philostratus #SeveranDynasty #Severus #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-526-en/

This collection of resources examines the causes of various conflicts in the last millennium, from religious and civil wars to revolutions and global wars. #History #Warfare #War #CivilWar #Crusade #Imperialism #ReligiousWar #Revolution #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/9-303-en/

John Fletcher (1579-1625) was a playwright of the English Renaissance who flourished during the Jacobean Era (1603-1625). #History #JohnFletcher #EnglishRenaissance #FrancisBeaumont #GlobeTheatre #JacobeanTheatre #King'sMen #Tragicomedy #WilliamShakespeare #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24494-en/

One of the most coveted projects of Italian colonial policy was to secure an African colony in the Mediterranean. #History #Colonialism #Cyrenaica #ItalianEmpire #ItalianLibya #Libya #NorthAfrica #Tripolitania #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2722-en/

William Still (1819-1902) was an African American abolitionist known as the "Father of the Underground Railroad" for his efforts in helping to free between 600 to 800 people from slavery. #History #WilliamStill #Abolitionism #Slavery #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24419-en/

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) was a poet and playwright of the English Renaissance, who flourished during the Jacobean Era (1603-1625). #History #ThomasMiddleton #AGameAtChess #EnglishRenaissance #JacobeanTheatre #TheChangeling #ThomasDekker #TimonOfAthens #WilliamShakespeare #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24469-en/

"Cleopatra" by Alexandra Stewart is a beautifully illustrated children's book that introduces young readers to the real Cleopatra. #History #PtolemaicDynasty #Pharaoh #Egypt #Cleopatra #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-523-en/

Slaveholders in the United States frequently claimed that Blacks were 'happy' to be slaves and could, in no way, function as free people as they would find freedom 'burdensome' – a claim fully articulated by slavery apologist T. R. Dew's A Review of the Debate in the Virginia Legislature of 1831 and 1832. #History #Slavery #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2720-en/

Ben Jonson (1572-1637) was an English poet, playwright, and literary critic, whose influence on English Renaissance literature during the Jacobean Era (1603-1625) has been regarded as second only to that of William Shakespeare (1564-1616). #History #ElizabethanTheatre #BenJonson #EnglishRenaissance #JacobeanLiterature #WilliamShakespeare #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24461-en/

Many enslaved African Americans in the United States escaped bondage with the help of the Underground Railroad, but many others took it upon themselves to seize their freedom without assistance and, among the more dramatic escapes, was the flight of Wallace Turnage (circa 1846 to 1916), who fled from Mobile, Alabama, in 1864 when he was 17. #History #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2719-en/

"Touching Parchment" culminates 25 years of research on European medieval manuscripts (ca. #History #Manuscript #MedievalManuscript #MedievalWriting #Parchment #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-520-en/

Anna Maria Weems (circa 1840 to circa 1863) was an enslaved African American woman in Rockville, Maryland, who escaped by posing as a young Black livery man and carriage driver, assisted by the Underground Railroad, in September 1855. #History #AnnaMariaWeems #Abolitionism #Slavery #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24454-en/

As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), written in 1599 and likely first performed that same year. #History #ElizabethanTheatre #AsYouLikeIt #GlobeTheatre #Rosalind #Touchstone #WilliamShakespeare #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24451-en/

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 to travel alone with a male slave). #History #Abolitionism #EllenCraft #Slavery #USHistory #WilliamCraft #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2717-en/