Persecution Gallery

Mob burning abolitionist Elijah Lovejoys print-shop, Illinois, 1835

Pro-slavery mob burning the print-shop of abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy, Alton, Illinois, 1835.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1800s, 1830s, 1835, 19th Century, Abolition, Abolitionist, Alton, American, Arson, Art, Black History, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Elijah Lovejoy, Freedom Of The Press, Hate Crime, Heritage, Historic, History, Illinois, Illustration, Lawlessness, Lovejoy, Mob, Mob Violence, North America, Persecution, Prejudice, Printer, Pro Slavery, Riot, Rioter, Slavery, Traditional, United States, Us A, Vintage, Violence

Praying over a suspected witch in Salem, 1690s

Reverend Cotton Mather attempting to save a soul from witchcraft by prayer, Salem, Massachusetts, 1690s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Darley illustration

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1600s, 1690s, 1692, 17th Century, American, Art, Clergy, Clergyman, Colonial, Colonist, Colony, Cotton Mather, English, English Colony, Epilepsy, Epileptic, Evil, Evil Spirits, Exorcism, Heritage, Historic, History, Illustration, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Minister, New England, North America, Persecution, Pray, Prayer, Prejudice, Protestant, Puritan, Religion, Religious Persecution, Salem, Salem Village, Salem Witchcraft, Seizure, Settler, Spirit Possession, Suspect, Traditional, Trance, United States, Us A, Victim, Vintage, Witch, Witchcraft

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King Charles IX participating in the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre of French Protestants, 1572.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1500s, 1570s, 1572, 16th Century, Art, Charles Ix, Counter Reformation, Execute, France, French, Gun, Heresy, Heretic, Historic, History, Huguenot, Illustration, Kill, King, King Charlesl Ix, Massacre, Murder, Persecution, Prejudice, Protestant, Protestant Reformation, Reformation, Religion, Religious, Shoot, St Bartholomews Day, Vintage, Weapon