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Witch Hunting

Torturing of jews accused by the inquisition as heretics and perpetrators of black magic.

Another scene of torturing Jews.

Hanging of a farm woman declared by the inquisition to be possessed by demons. From Rappresentatione della passione. Florence, 1520.

Two dominican monks burned at the stake by order of the inquisition for allegedly signing pacts with the devil. From the Histoire Véritable de Quatre lacopins. Geneva ,1549.

Witches

The devil making love to a witch

Witch 'inoculating' a man by shooting a twig through his foot

The enchanter Merlin, magician of King Arthur's Round Table, meeting the fair Viviane in the Forest of Broceliande. After an Enameled book cover, Limoges, early 15th Century.

Pirates

Anne Bonny; from Histories der Engelsche Zee-Roovers, 1725.

Captain Bartholomew and eleven captured merchant vessels off the coast of West Africa. From Captain Charles Johnson's A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates, 1724.

Edward Teach a.k.a Blackbeard; Captain Charles Johnson's A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderes, Street Robbers &c., 1734.

Ned Low; Captain Charles Johnson's A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderes, Street Robbers &c., 1734.

Pictures of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Abolitionists and Maroon Rebels

Toussaint L'Ouverture

Slave Market on the Kambia River, Coast of Africa. A woodcut from an oil painting from 1840.

"A slave revolt is terrible because one cannot fire on them, since each man is worth at least 1,000 francs", 1883, Albert Laporte.

"Even though the enemy was beaten, the victory didn't seem to belong to us yet, and the danger became even greater in front of the resistance of the slaves and our exhaustion." 1883, Albert Laporte

Hazard & Nayler

Widow Kelly* and others barricading the Frome Gate Against Prince Ruppert at the Siege of Bristol 1643. From Bristol Past and Present Vol III by J. F. Nicholls and John Taylor 1882.

James Nayler having his tongue bored From Bristol Past and Present Vol III by J. F. Nicholls and John Taylor 1882.

James Nayler From Bristol Past and Present Vol III by J. F. Nicholls and John Taylor 1882.

James Nayler being whipped From Bristol Past and Present Vol III by J. F. Nicholls and John Taylor 1882.

Bristol 1831: The Queens Square Uprising

The Bishop's Palace after the 1831 uprising.

A poster calling for people to sign a petition for reform. Courtesy of Bristol Central Reference Library refinfo@bristol.gov.uk

Queen Square Bristol from North West Corner, 1827, T. L. Rowbotham

Garnett Vrs. Churchill

Winston Churchill on the phone.

The minders go for Garnett.

Churchill goes down.

Rachel Hewitt

By Rachel Hewitt

Pike War. 2008. Oil stick on canvas.

Peasants Revolt. 2008. Charcoal on paper.

1831 Bristol Jamaica Riots. 2007. Oil on canvas.

The Tempest Witches. 2007. Oil on canvas.