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In 1872, Victoria Woodhull and her sister Tennie Claflin exposed the rape of two 15-year old girls after a masked ball, saying there was no road left open to them but "the prostitute's road to hell". Was that true? Would they have had other options? NSFW

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What Polynesian-led resistance to French nuclear testing in the South Pacific during 1960s-1990s was there?

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If I’m a shore whaler in New Zealand in the 1830s-1840s: what does my life look like, what are my cultural influences, traditions, superstitions and what technology do I use to capture and kill whales?

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What were common ways children and teens were trafficked into sex work in 1870s New York. How might a teen from a neighboring state end up in a brothel in NYC? NSFW

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In what sort of context might a British-Indian soldier in Iraq in 1943-1944 have met and married an Assyrian woman?

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How intertwined was the (French) Polynesian independence movement with anti-nuclear stances and opposition to nuclear testing in the pacific during the 1960s-1990s?

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What are the little square and irregular-shaped borders apparent on the map near Chaco Culture Historical Park and how did they get there?

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Breadfruit, the HMS Bounty and British naval exploration’s role in chattel slavery: how do they fit together?

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In ‘Jamaica Inn’, Joss Merlyn confesses to dampening the bells on bell buoys during fog to lure ships to wreck on the rocks. Was this actually a method used by wreckers (in Cornwall or anywhere) and would it have been effective at luring ships?

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In ‘Jamaica Inn’, Joss Merlyn confesses to dampening the bells on bell buoys during fog to lure ships to wreck on the rocks. Was this actually a method used by wreckers (in Cornwall or anywhere) and would it have been effective at luring ships?

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In 1872, Victoria Woodhull and her sister Tennie Claflin exposed the rape of two 15-year old girls after a masked ball, saying there was no road left open to them but "the prostitute's road to hell". Was that true? Would they have had other options? NSFW	301	AskHistorians
What Polynesian-led resistance to French nuclear testing in the South Pacific during 1960s-1990s was there?	12	AskHistorians
If I’m a shore whaler in New Zealand in the 1830s-1840s: what does my life look like, what are my cultural influences, traditions, superstitions and what technology do I use to capture and kill whales?	8	AskHistorians
What were common ways children and teens were trafficked into sex work in 1870s New York. How might a teen from a neighboring state end up in a brothel in NYC? NSFW	5	AskHistorians
In what sort of context might a British-Indian soldier in Iraq in 1943-1944 have met and married an Assyrian woman?	3	AskHistorians
How intertwined was the (French) Polynesian independence movement with anti-nuclear stances and opposition to nuclear testing in the pacific during the 1960s-1990s?	3	AskHistorians
What are the little square and irregular-shaped borders apparent on the map near Chaco Culture Historical Park and how did they get there?	1	AskHistorians
Breadfruit, the HMS Bounty and British naval exploration’s role in chattel slavery: how do they fit together?	1	AskHistorians
In ‘Jamaica Inn’, Joss Merlyn confesses to dampening the bells on bell buoys during fog to lure ships to wreck on the rocks. Was this actually a method used by wreckers (in Cornwall or anywhere) and would it have been effective at luring ships?	1	AskHistorians
In ‘Jamaica Inn’, Joss Merlyn confesses to dampening the bells on bell buoys during fog to lure ships to wreck on the rocks. Was this actually a method used by wreckers (in Cornwall or anywhere) and would it have been effective at luring ships?	1	AskHistorians