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McCarthyism: I was taught the narrative that it was just a witch hunt that ruined innocent people's lives.Recently I've been hearing that there were genuine moles in the state department that gave advice leading to the fall of China to communism and the Korean War.How much of each narrative is true?

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Slavery and abolition in the ancient world. I've heard that over half the population in the Roman Empire were slaves; in a society that literally couldn't run without slavery were there any abolitionists who had influence on early modern abolitionists?

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McCarthyism: I was taught the narrative that it was just a witch hunt that ruined innocent people's lives.Recently I've been hearing that there were genuine moles in the state department that gave advice leading to the fall of China to communism and the Korean War.How much of each narrative is true?	359
Slavery and abolition in the ancient world. I've heard that over half the population in the Roman Empire were slaves; in a society that literally couldn't run without slavery were there any abolitionists who had influence on early modern abolitionists?	4