When Sojourner Truth (circa 1797-1883) escaped from slavery, she later said, "I did not run off, for I thought that wicked, but I walked off, believing that to be all right" (Delbanco, 142). #History #HarrietTubman #Abolitionism #Slavery #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2740-en/

Pyotr Stolypin (1862-1911) was a Russian politician who served as prime minister to Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917). #History #PyotrStolypin #Russia #TsarNicholasII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2742-en/

Harriet Tubman (circa 1822-1913) was a former slave, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and famous conductor on the Underground Railroad. #History #HarrietTubman #Abolitionism #Slavery #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-19635-en/

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an effort by the US Congress to resolve a sectional dispute between the 'free states' of the North and the 'slave states' of the South. #History #ThomasJefferson #MissouriCompromise #AmericanCivilWar #HenryClay #Slavery #TallmadgeAmendment #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24005-en/

RMS Lusitania was a British transatlantic liner infamously sunk by a German U-boat on 7 May 1915 during the First World War (1914-18). #History #U-Boat #RMSLusitania #Cunard #FirstWorldWar #Liner #Sinking #WWI #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24434-en/

Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) was the commander of the Confederate western armies in the early months of the American Civil War (1861-1865). #History #AmericanCivilWar #BattleOfShiloh #JeffersonDavis #UtahWar #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24585-en/

James Ewell Brown Stuart (1833-1864), better known by his initials as J. E. B. Stuart, was a Confederate cavalry general during the American Civil War (1861-1865). #History #J.E.B.Stuart #AmericanCivilWar #Cavalry #RobertE.Lee #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24574-en/

Peter Burke’s "The Italian Renaissance" presents a cultural and sociological approach to understanding Renaissance Italy, arguing that the period cannot be fully grasped by focusing solely on the conscious intentions of artists or the genius of individuals. #History #Italy #Florence #Renaissance #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-525-en/

A little over two years into his imperial administration, the Roman emperor Titus (r. 79-81 CE) and a retinue of followers traveled to the Sabine countryside for a respite. #History #RomanEmperor #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2733-en/

The Russian Revolution of 1905 challenged the absolute power of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) as ruler of the Russian Empire. #History #Revolution #Russia #TsarNicholasII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24510-en/

This book is Tore Olsson's attempt to use the "Red Dead Redemption II" video game to propose a unique approach to teaching US History. #History #AmericanWest #PublicHistory #Reconstruction #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-527-en/

Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) was an English poet, scholar, soldier, and courtier, one of the most prominent figures at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603). #History #PhilipSidney #ElizabethanEra #EnglishRenaissance #Poetry #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24561-en/

James Drummond MacGregor (1759-1830) was a Presbyterian minister in Pictou, Nova Scotia, who became the first published abolitionist in Canada through his A Letter to a Clergyman Urging Him to Set Free a Black Girl He Held in Slavery (1788). #History #Abolitionism #Canada #Slavery #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2736-en/

Grigori Rasputin (1869-1916) was a self-styled holy man and faith healer from Siberia who ingratiated himself with the family of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917). #History #GrigoriRasputin #RussianEmpire #TsarNicholasII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24529-en/

This is a highly recommended book for anyone who wants to learn more about Roman Egypt. #History #RomanEgypt #Diocletian #Augustus #AncientEgypt #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-521-en/

Enslaved Blacks in the United States, seeking freedom, often fled to Canada, especially after the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 compelled citizens in free states to help slave-catchers apprehend them. #History #Abolitionism #Canada #Slavery #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2735-en/

Among the most daring escapes from slavery in the United States in the 19th century was the flight of Ellen and William Craft from the slave state of Georgia to the free state of Pennsylvania in 1848. #History #Abolitionism #Canada #EllenCraft #Slavery #USHistory #WilliamCraft #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2732-en/

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), or Kit Marlowe, was a poet and playwright of the English Renaissance who wrote during the Elizabethan Era (1558-1603). #History #ElizabethanTheatre #ChristopherMarlowe #DoctorFaustus #EnglishLiterature #EnglishRenaissance #Poetry #WilliamShakespeare #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-18996-en/

Bloody Sunday on 22 January 1905 was the massacre of peaceful and unarmed protestors by soldiers outside the Winter Palace in St. #History #GeorgyGapon #Russia #SaintPetersburg #TsarNicholasII #WinterPalace #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24509-en/

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/