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History has been shaped and influenced by the out come of ancient trials—such as the Trial of Socrates in 399B.C.—to Rosenberg Trial in the 1950s. This site offers a comprehensive look at 50 prominent court trials throughout history and its resources can be used to give young learners an introduction to the history of the modern judicial system.

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Organization of American Historians
Photo, Lt. James B. Washington, a Confederate prisoner.., 1861-65.

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Ad*Access
Drawing, High..Wide..And Handsome, 1954, New York Times Magazine.

Archives more than 7,000 newspaper and magazine advertisements printed in [...] »

Slavery and the Making of America
Oil, Olaudah Equiano or Ottobah Cugoano, 18th century, The Atlantic. . .

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Denmark Vesey
An official report of the trials of sundry Negroes, 1822

Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »

Labor and Trade in Colonial America
Photo, Weavers at Colonial Williamsburg, May 29, 2010, animalvegetable, Flickr

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Causes of the American Revolution
Broadside, A card, New York, 1774, LoC, rbpe 10700100

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Government Printing Office
Photo, Headlines posted in street. . , 1940, Jack Delano, Flickr Commons

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National Center for Education Statistics
Marginalia, CHNM

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Federal Trade Commission
Woodcut, Igirisujin Yokohama. . . , 1861, Sadahide Utagawa, LoC

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Statue of Rochambeau in Lafayette Park

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