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They said when you look at Medusa, you transform into stone.

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It was sad to hear that my grandfather died.

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I’ve seen several conservative commentators claim that black slave owners existed, they made a significant portion of the slave owning class, & that the first person to own slaves in the colonies was black. Are any of these claims true?

2810 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I’ve often heard from political conservatives that early settlers at Jamestown & Plymouth nearly starved to death because they initially attempted “socialism”/collective farming, & that they only survived because they began using “capitalism” & privatized farmland. Is this in anyway true?

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[WP] You have been kidnapped by a human trafficking ring, & it’s unlikely that the authorities can recover you at this point. Unfortunately for your kidnappers, your SO is a member of the Greek pantheon.

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Vermont was the first state to ban slavery, having done so when it was an independent country in 1777. To what extent did slavery exist in the area that is now Vermont prior to 1777?

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[WP] The afterlife is divided based on where you died. Those who died in Paris spend eternity in Paris. If you die on an ocean liner, you live on a liner. You are, to your knowledge, the first person to die on the moon. At least, you thought so, until you saw the hundreds of others on the moon.

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In “Surviving Genocide”, historian Jeffrey Ostler claims that the reason for Seminole removal & the 2nd Seminole War was their practice of harboring escaped slaves, & fears by southern slave owners that Seminole lands would be used to instigate a slave rebellion. Is this accurate?

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I have travelled around the world several times over, ventured deep into Old-Growth Forests never before penetrated by man, & sailed far into the vast & empty oceans.

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Why was Cavalry so extensively used in the Russian civil war? Hadn’t WWI showed that it was obsolete in the face of advanced artillery & machine guns?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
They said when you look at Medusa, you transform into stone.	4674	TwoSentenceHorror
It was sad to hear that my grandfather died.	2970	TwoSentenceHorror
I’ve seen several conservative commentators claim that black slave owners existed, they made a significant portion of the slave owning class, & that the first person to own slaves in the colonies was black. Are any of these claims true?	2810	AskHistorians
I’ve often heard from political conservatives that early settlers at Jamestown & Plymouth nearly starved to death because they initially attempted “socialism”/collective farming, & that they only survived because they began using “capitalism” & privatized farmland. Is this in anyway true?	2125	AskHistorians
[WP] You have been kidnapped by a human trafficking ring, & it’s unlikely that the authorities can recover you at this point. Unfortunately for your kidnappers, your SO is a member of the Greek pantheon.	1333	WritingPrompts
Vermont was the first state to ban slavery, having done so when it was an independent country in 1777. To what extent did slavery exist in the area that is now Vermont prior to 1777?	1132	AskHistorians
[WP] The afterlife is divided based on where you died. Those who died in Paris spend eternity in Paris. If you die on an ocean liner, you live on a liner. You are, to your knowledge, the first person to die on the moon. At least, you thought so, until you saw the hundreds of others on the moon.	866	WritingPrompts
In “Surviving Genocide”, historian Jeffrey Ostler claims that the reason for Seminole removal & the 2nd Seminole War was their practice of harboring escaped slaves, & fears by southern slave owners that Seminole lands would be used to instigate a slave rebellion. Is this accurate?	794	AskHistorians
I have travelled around the world several times over, ventured deep into Old-Growth Forests never before penetrated by man, & sailed far into the vast & empty oceans.	577	TwoSentenceHorror
Why was Cavalry so extensively used in the Russian civil war? Hadn’t WWI showed that it was obsolete in the face of advanced artillery & machine guns?	392	AskHistorians