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Did any significant Southern plantation owners read the writing on the wall and cash out shortly before the Civil War by selling all their land and slaves?

547 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Pictures from the late 1800’s of American cities often show very wide streets. I have always assumed parking horses with wagons were responsible. How have the standards, best practices or zoning on street width changed over the 3 centuries in America?

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Who previously owned the land that was to be given away in the Homestead act of 1866?

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How important was it to the fighting and eventual outcome of the Civil War that the Union’s Capital, Washington DC, was in the heart of Dixie, vs a city much farther north?

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In history, has there been a powerful warship captured and then used in an effective way against the country that originally owned it?

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Several countries have been hailed as successful role models in fighting Covid-19 due to aggressive early testing. Yet few have tested more than 2% of the population. With most being asymptomatic the first 5 days when the most contagious and usually not tested, how is testing their key to success?

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How was college different in the 17 and 1800’s vs today?

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What are the 5 research projects that best actually indicate the current climate is behaving differently than in the past 2000 years? You may provide one or more. In the end I hope we collect at least 5 convincing papers to point towards.

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As the election nears border crossings have fallen to the lowest level in years and Biden did it with available executive tools. Why did he wait, what was his goal?

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Did any significant Southern plantation owners read the writing on the wall and cash out shortly before the Civil War by selling all their land and slaves?	547	AskHistorians
Pictures from the late 1800’s of American cities often show very wide streets. I have always assumed parking horses with wagons were responsible. How have the standards, best practices or zoning on street width changed over the 3 centuries in America?	45	AskHistorians
Who previously owned the land that was to be given away in the Homestead act of 1866?	31	AskHistorians
How important was it to the fighting and eventual outcome of the Civil War that the Union’s Capital, Washington DC, was in the heart of Dixie, vs a city much farther north?	29	AskHistorians
In history, has there been a powerful warship captured and then used in an effective way against the country that originally owned it?	2	AskHistorians
Several countries have been hailed as successful role models in fighting Covid-19 due to aggressive early testing. Yet few have tested more than 2% of the population. With most being asymptomatic the first 5 days when the most contagious and usually not tested, how is testing their key to success?	1	askscience
How was college different in the 17 and 1800’s vs today?	1	AskHistorians
What are the 5 research projects that best actually indicate the current climate is behaving differently than in the past 2000 years? You may provide one or more. In the end I hope we collect at least 5 convincing papers to point towards.	1	askscience
As the election nears border crossings have fallen to the lowest level in years and Biden did it with available executive tools. Why did he wait, what was his goal?	1	AskALiberal