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This detail of a steatite icon carved in relief depicts a crucified Christ blessing Constantine and his mother Helena.

This detail of a steatite icon carved in relief depicts a crucified Christ blessing Constantine and his mother Helena.

This image depicts Constantine I as a donor who is presenting a small representation of Hagia Sophia to the Virgin (at her left, with Justinian at her right). The mosaic is located in the southwest vestibule of Hagia Sophia.

The colossal sculpture was originally in the Basilica Nova in Rome. Its marble remnants are now part of the Capitoline Museums in Rome.

The obverse of this gold coin depicts Constantine I with a laurel wreath. It was minted in Trier.

This marble portrait head in The Met's permanent collection is over 37 inches high.

This image shows a slave ship with guns being fired on captives

A letter written about the former slave Fredrick Douglas

This image shows a large crowd of people gathered in celebration in Washington, D.C. Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City and published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916. It…

The potrait is of a white wealthy woman who has her arm on a book labeled history of slavery