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Over the course of 1450-1750, did travel from the Americas to Europe by boat ever improve significantly?

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. states , "in not uncommon cases, be “dumped” by their owners as weak or infirm" in reference to how free blacks ended up living in slave states. What type of work could these people find once freed? Who would hire them?

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How isolated or separate were the Manchu from traditional Han Chinese?

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Over the course of 1450-1750, did travel from the Americas to Europe by boat ever improve significantly?	246
Henry Louis Gates Jr. states , "in not uncommon cases, be “dumped” by their owners as weak or infirm" in reference to how free blacks ended up living in slave states. What type of work could these people find once freed? Who would hire them?	25
How isolated or separate were the Manchu from traditional Han Chinese?	8