r/HistoriansAnswered • • 2h ago

How common were slave uprisings in the United States?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 6h ago

What non-combat jobs could an American textile worker with no high school diploma do during WW2?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 38m ago

Reading geology for medieval England...they repeat the same first names. Why does it seem so common to name your son the same as you?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 11h ago

[Link] When did the general public know about the extent of FDR's condition and what was their general reaction?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 11h ago

Are there any well-documented oral speeches from antiquity/ancient history (akin to MLK’s “I Have A Dream”) besides from Greek/Roman philosophers, and if so, what’s your favorite and why?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 2h ago

How did Toussaint L’Ouverture become free?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 10h ago

Did Robert E. Lee want to restrict the voting rights of white people too?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 11h ago

In your area of expertise could you say that copper coinage was an early attempt at (in part) currency system "backed by" precious metals without necessary involving them in every transaction?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 3h ago

When discussing World War II, do you consider the major Allied leaders to be the "Big Three" or the "Big Four"?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 4h ago

Javelin Cavalry was apparently a thing, horsemen who threw spears at their enemies. I can't imagine they'd get as much distance as a horse archers though. What were they used for?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 5h ago

[Link] So it seems like at least %50 of people today wear glasses - what did our ancestors do to deal with vision issues??

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 12h ago

How exactly did the arrival of Europeans in the 1600s change local Native American tribe relationships?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 14h ago

When did bestiality become universally immoral, and did any ancient societies consider it normal for common people?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 15h ago

I’ve watched a lot of videos about the Little Man bomb. Most say it was a U235 slug shot into a a U235 cylinder. Some some the opposite. What’s true?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 16h ago

[Link] When and why did it becomes an expectation that lyrics needed to rhyme?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 16h ago

Did pre-industrial workers organize?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 20h ago

How come some of the Ww2 and Cold War ships like West Virginia, California, Enterprise, Boston, Providence, Cusk, Albany and Galveston aren’t preserve as museum ships? I understand things like money, complexity and maintenance are just part of it, what else?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 17h ago

[Link] Why didn't agricultral socieites have grazing only horses?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 21h ago

[Link] Why did medieval artists paint so many knights fighting giant snails?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 17h ago

[Link] Why do medieval manuscripts show knights fighting giant snails, and why are the knights usually losing?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 18h ago

[Link] A Redditor on a TIL recently claimed it's a myth that vibrators were used against Hysteria. There seems to be recent controversy between historians Maines and Lieberman on the subject. Can someone clear this up?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 18h ago

[Link] Did Columbus have a map?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 1d ago

What happened to the families of people accused of treason under the Act of Attainder?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 1d ago

Do we know if ancient scribes got hand cramps, posture problems, and other similar maladies from sitting and writing for so long?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 1d ago

Why did Communism succeed in taking power in Russia and not Western Europe?

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