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In the antebellum novel "The Bondwoman's Narrative," a white woman is shown documents proving she has a black ancestor, and is then captured and sold as a slave. Did this ever happen during American slavery?

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How did factory architecture evolve from multi-story brick mills in the center of towns to the giant "big box" industrial property built on a greenfield site?

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When the Nazi forces in Europe had begun to collapse in late '44-1945, did the Allies ever consider toppling Franco's regime in Spain?

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How did Nestorian Christianity influence the Mongols during their invasions? Did it have an impact on their warmaking, their ethics, their foreign policy?

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How large was the US Intelligence Community over the course of the Cold War, compared with its size today?

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What was the Radical Republicans' economic policy and long-term vision for Radical Reconstruction in the South?

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Were there pro-Allies radio propaganda programs during WW2 in German, Japanese, or Italian?

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Why did some American elected officials oppose the resettlement of South Vietnamese refugees during the 1970s?

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Were there ways the British colonization of India influenced colonial America, or the American Revolution? Did any of the Brits involved in the Revolutionary War have previous experience from India?

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When the Romans ritually strangled captured enemies at the Temple of Jupiter, was this seen as a winking or whitewashed form of human sacrifice?

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In the antebellum novel "The Bondwoman's Narrative," a white woman is shown documents proving she has a black ancestor, and is then captured and sold as a slave. Did this ever happen during American slavery?	6
How did factory architecture evolve from multi-story brick mills in the center of towns to the giant "big box" industrial property built on a greenfield site?	5
When the Nazi forces in Europe had begun to collapse in late '44-1945, did the Allies ever consider toppling Franco's regime in Spain?	5
How did Nestorian Christianity influence the Mongols during their invasions? Did it have an impact on their warmaking, their ethics, their foreign policy?	5
How large was the US Intelligence Community over the course of the Cold War, compared with its size today?	4
What was the Radical Republicans' economic policy and long-term vision for Radical Reconstruction in the South?	4
Were there pro-Allies radio propaganda programs during WW2 in German, Japanese, or Italian?	4
Why did some American elected officials oppose the resettlement of South Vietnamese refugees during the 1970s?	4
Were there ways the British colonization of India influenced colonial America, or the American Revolution? Did any of the Brits involved in the Revolutionary War have previous experience from India?	4
When the Romans ritually strangled captured enemies at the Temple of Jupiter, was this seen as a winking or whitewashed form of human sacrifice?	4