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Broadly, what were poor whites' views of slavery in the antebellum south? Was there ever a sense that slaves "took our jobs"?

171 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Vikings and Varangians left Scandinavia roughly around the same time. Were they the same or similar social groups, or were they responding to the same "push" and "pull" factors?

170 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] Your lucid dreams are months long, but only one night passes in real life. You miss your family who you only see a few days a "year" when you wake up, but also begin to question which is reality and which is the dream...

84 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] From an alternate timeline, the famous German Neo-Realist painter Hitler discovers just how horrifically different his life could have been...

71 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] Before selling your soul to the devil, you ask what will happen when you die. "Eternal torture?" He says. "Never. I don't want victims. I want soldiers, and I treat my soldiers very well."

64 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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I am a French sergeant in July 1940. The government has fallen, but my squad and I have evaded capture. We want to keep fighting. What do we do?

61 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] Write a character-based story from objective point of view: we can only observe actions and have access to the thoughts and feelings of no person.

55 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] A conspiracy theory is believed by most people. You alone have proof that it's not true, but it being false is actually much scarier...

43 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] The spirit of a murderer and the spirit of his victim both need some kind of closure before either one can move on. They finally meet.

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Enough about the Roman Empire, when did the city of Rome itself cease to be an important economic and cultural center in western Europe?

24 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Broadly, what were poor whites' views of slavery in the antebellum south? Was there ever a sense that slaves "took our jobs"?	171	AskHistorians
Vikings and Varangians left Scandinavia roughly around the same time. Were they the same or similar social groups, or were they responding to the same "push" and "pull" factors?	170	AskHistorians
[WP] Your lucid dreams are months long, but only one night passes in real life. You miss your family who you only see a few days a "year" when you wake up, but also begin to question which is reality and which is the dream...	84	WritingPrompts
[WP] From an alternate timeline, the famous German Neo-Realist painter Hitler discovers just how horrifically different his life could have been...	71	WritingPrompts
[WP] Before selling your soul to the devil, you ask what will happen when you die. "Eternal torture?" He says. "Never. I don't want victims. I want soldiers, and I treat my soldiers very well."	64	WritingPrompts
I am a French sergeant in July 1940. The government has fallen, but my squad and I have evaded capture. We want to keep fighting. What do we do?	61	AskHistorians
[WP] Write a character-based story from objective point of view: we can only observe actions and have access to the thoughts and feelings of no person.	55	WritingPrompts
[WP] A conspiracy theory is believed by most people. You alone have proof that it's not true, but it being false is actually much scarier...	43	WritingPrompts
[WP] The spirit of a murderer and the spirit of his victim both need some kind of closure before either one can move on. They finally meet.	43	WritingPrompts
Enough about the Roman Empire, when did the city of Rome itself cease to be an important economic and cultural center in western Europe?	24	AskHistorians