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I am an American slave in 1804. Will I have heard of Toussaint Louverture or the successful Haitian revolution?

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A sign for "Phillies" cigars features in Edward Hooper's legendary painting "Nighthawks." By the 1990s, "Blunts" had become shorthand for marijuana rolled in the leaf of the Phillie's cigar. How did the company become almost universally understood as a seller of packing material for marijuana?

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Do modern historians have a general consensus view on the veracity of W.E.B. Du Bois' Black Reconstruction in America?

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Was Brazilian Integralism as racially diverse in practice as it was in its rhetoric?

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How were the descendants of the trans-Saharan slave trade from the 16-18th centuries integrated (or not) into their ancestors destined countries?

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Has Any Significant Democratic Leader Been Removed By Legal Means While In Office?

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I am an American slave in 1804. Will I have heard of Toussaint Louverture or the successful Haitian revolution?	336
A sign for "Phillies" cigars features in Edward Hooper's legendary painting "Nighthawks." By the 1990s, "Blunts" had become shorthand for marijuana rolled in the leaf of the Phillie's cigar. How did the company become almost universally understood as a seller of packing material for marijuana?	22
Do modern historians have a general consensus view on the veracity of W.E.B. Du Bois' Black Reconstruction in America?	10
Was Brazilian Integralism as racially diverse in practice as it was in its rhetoric?	3
How were the descendants of the trans-Saharan slave trade from the 16-18th centuries integrated (or not) into their ancestors destined countries?	2
Has Any Significant Democratic Leader Been Removed By Legal Means While In Office?	1