A global directory of the world's greatest stamps, including photographs of over 3000 stamps from more than 200 countries. The stories behind the flaws, incidents and propaganda that created some of the world's most collectable stamps.
A global directory of the world's greatest stamps, including photographs of over 3000 stamps from more than 200 countries. The stories behind the flaw...
In the 1830s the abolitionist movement in the United States refashioned itself under new leadership which was determined to bring slavery to an immediate end. Too often written off by northern and southern opinion-makers alike as fanatics who threatened the social and economic order in America, they struggled in the face of both secular and religious defenders of the institution of slavery. Into this fray stepped Francis Wayland (1796–1865), a leading educator, noted author of textbooks on moral philosophy and economics, and longtime president of Brown University. Initially a moderate on...
In the 1830s the abolitionist movement in the United States refashioned itself under new leadership which was determined to bring slavery to an immedi...
