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How did authorities decide on such bizarre, complex, and extremely cruel executions like that of Balthasar Gerard?

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It feels like every movie/series about WWII has a "killing captured/surrendering soldiers" scene as a way to show the unpleasant moral realities of war. How common was it on either side?

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In the Dutch colony of Surinam, slave were supposedly not allowed to speak the colonists' language (Dutch). Was this common in other slave-owning areas, and what was the reasoning behind this?

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With hindsight, East India Company "factories" can be seen as a precursor to full colonization, but were they intended as such at the time?

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After the Quock Walker case, did many "freed" slaves in Massachusetts actually avail themselves of their newfound rights?

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What were the conditions that led to extreme Japanese holdouts in the Philippines and elsewhere after WWII?

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Did the secret ballot for US elections come about partly as a reason to disenfranchise illiterate blacks?

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Why does Machiavelli refer to non-Italians as Barbarians?

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To what extent was Tojo's trial orchestrated by the US/Japan/Tojo himself to protect the Emperor?

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To what extent was any land in the US “ceded” by Indigenous peoples via treaty/sale/etc.?

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How did authorities decide on such bizarre, complex, and extremely cruel executions like that of Balthasar Gerard?	6
It feels like every movie/series about WWII has a "killing captured/surrendering soldiers" scene as a way to show the unpleasant moral realities of war. How common was it on either side?	6
In the Dutch colony of Surinam, slave were supposedly not allowed to speak the colonists' language (Dutch). Was this common in other slave-owning areas, and what was the reasoning behind this?	5
With hindsight, East India Company "factories" can be seen as a precursor to full colonization, but were they intended as such at the time?	5
After the Quock Walker case, did many "freed" slaves in Massachusetts actually avail themselves of their newfound rights?	5
What were the conditions that led to extreme Japanese holdouts in the Philippines and elsewhere after WWII?	5
Did the secret ballot for US elections come about partly as a reason to disenfranchise illiterate blacks?	4
Why does Machiavelli refer to non-Italians as Barbarians?	4
To what extent was Tojo's trial orchestrated by the US/Japan/Tojo himself to protect the Emperor?	4
To what extent was any land in the US “ceded” by Indigenous peoples via treaty/sale/etc.?	4