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170 years ago what proportion of white abolitionists in the US would have said that they believed black and white people where inherently equal, rather than just that slavery in particular was wrong?	32
in 10th century Europe did specialist craftsmen and artisans (blacksmiths, carpenters, sculptors, etcetera...) have more freedom than serfs?	32
In the first season of Boardwalk Empire Jimmy lives with his child and partner, but they aren't married. Would a normal family(IE one where the father isn't a mob boss's son) be able to get an apartment lease in the 1920s (in New Jersey), if the parents weren't married?	32
if the Vikings visited North America why weren't there any old world animals present there before other Europeans got there centuries later?	32
how much of what we know about classical times is the product of rediscovery and how much has been consistently known by someone throughout history?	32
Suppose you asked a typical American in 1944 what they think will happen to Japan after the war if/when the U.S. win, what would they likely say? What was the popular press telling people would happen to the Japanese once/if they lost the war?	32
was Sicily at all urbanized before the Greeks took it over?	32
Did native (North) Americans value fur highly (other than purely just as a means to keep warm) before Europeans showed up?	32
before the Meiji restoration did the Japanese have any laws governing hunting in Japan's very large wilderness?	32
In 1115 what proportion of the byzantine military would have been archers? how does that answer compare to the number in the Roman military from 1000 years before?	31

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