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Why did North African pirates in 1627 go all the way to Iceland to catch slaves? Surely there were plenty of places they could raid that were closer to home.

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What do we know about the Kauwa, the Untouchable Caste of traditional Hawaiian society, other than that they were often used as slaves or human sacrifices? Is there any evidence they were a pre-Polynesian Indigenous population as some people claim?

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Why did Luxembourg and the Netherlands return the territory it had annexed from Germany after World War 2?

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Were White slave owners aware of ethnic or tribal differences amongst their slaves?

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How bad was the terrorism situation in Xinjiang in the 1990s?

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How did Black Canadians gain equal rights? Was there a Canadian Civil Rights Movement?

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Why is Japanese an official language in Palau?

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What do we know about the Kauwa, the Untouchable Caste of traditional Hawaiian society, other than that they were often used as slaves or human sacrifices? Is there any evidence they were a pre-Polynesian Indigenous population as some people claim?

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What do we actually know about Heo Hwang-ok, the legendary Indian Queen of Korea?

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Why does the California Genocide seem to get a lot less attention than the Trail of Tears?

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Why did North African pirates in 1627 go all the way to Iceland to catch slaves? Surely there were plenty of places they could raid that were closer to home.	57
What do we know about the Kauwa, the Untouchable Caste of traditional Hawaiian society, other than that they were often used as slaves or human sacrifices? Is there any evidence they were a pre-Polynesian Indigenous population as some people claim?	57
Why did Luxembourg and the Netherlands return the territory it had annexed from Germany after World War 2?	57
Were White slave owners aware of ethnic or tribal differences amongst their slaves?	55
How bad was the terrorism situation in Xinjiang in the 1990s?	55
How did Black Canadians gain equal rights? Was there a Canadian Civil Rights Movement?	54
Why is Japanese an official language in Palau?	54
What do we know about the Kauwa, the Untouchable Caste of traditional Hawaiian society, other than that they were often used as slaves or human sacrifices? Is there any evidence they were a pre-Polynesian Indigenous population as some people claim?	51
What do we actually know about Heo Hwang-ok, the legendary Indian Queen of Korea?	47
Why does the California Genocide seem to get a lot less attention than the Trail of Tears?	47