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Is there any truth to the claim that the term dreadlock originated from slavers during the 18th century calling African matted hair "dreadful locks"?

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Why wasn't the fact that the Union switched their commanding general so often more detrimental to the war?

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I've heard Castro sent over "refugees" that were in fact interspersed with the dregs of his prisons. What was the long lasting effects of this?

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What were the conversations around firearms ownership like during the writing of the U.S. Constitution?

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Is there any truth to the claim that the term dreadlock originated from slavers during the 18th century calling African matted hair "dreadful locks"?	1
Why wasn't the fact that the Union switched their commanding general so often more detrimental to the war?	1
I've heard Castro sent over "refugees" that were in fact interspersed with the dregs of his prisons. What was the long lasting effects of this?	1
What were the conversations around firearms ownership like during the writing of the U.S. Constitution?	0