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In 1851, a black man named Jacob Vanderpool who owned a boarding house and saloon was forced to leave Oregon. He was convicted of violating "exclusion laws" that didn't allow black people to remain in Oregon for more than six months. What probably happened to his property after he left?

21 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Are there any resources on Earth that we've already consumed for which we have no clear alternative?

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[Meta] I often read historians saying we don't know as much about the daily life of ordinary people as we do about kings. With the rise of television and later, the internet, how might the knowledge of "ordinary people" impact the study of history?

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Are there creatures who are competitors, but also work together at times?

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If ectotherm are less capable of maintaining an internal temperature, does this mean they display less homeostatis? Are there organisms which clearly display different levels of homeostatis?

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Why do you think the Roman poet Ovid was exiled from Rome to Tomis?

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How complicated was the daily life of a peasant in medieval England?

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Examples of feudal-era wars that were lost due to poor communications/logistics/resources?

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How many GPS satellites could we lose and still have a working GPS system?

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Do we know why the Mayan sacred calendar (Tzolk’in or Chol Q’ij) had only 260 days and how it was used in their life?

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In 1851, a black man named Jacob Vanderpool who owned a boarding house and saloon was forced to leave Oregon. He was convicted of violating "exclusion laws" that didn't allow black people to remain in Oregon for more than six months. What probably happened to his property after he left?	21	AskHistorians
Are there any resources on Earth that we've already consumed for which we have no clear alternative?	15	askscience
[Meta] I often read historians saying we don't know as much about the daily life of ordinary people as we do about kings. With the rise of television and later, the internet, how might the knowledge of "ordinary people" impact the study of history?	15	AskHistorians
Are there creatures who are competitors, but also work together at times?	12	askscience
If ectotherm are less capable of maintaining an internal temperature, does this mean they display less homeostatis? Are there organisms which clearly display different levels of homeostatis?	12	askscience
Why do you think the Roman poet Ovid was exiled from Rome to Tomis?	12	AskHistorians
How complicated was the daily life of a peasant in medieval England?	10	AskHistorians
Examples of feudal-era wars that were lost due to poor communications/logistics/resources?	9	AskHistorians
How many GPS satellites could we lose and still have a working GPS system?	8	askscience
Do we know why the Mayan sacred calendar (Tzolk’in or Chol Q’ij) had only 260 days and how it was used in their life?	6	AskHistorians