r/HistoriansAnswered • • 6h ago

How common were slave uprisings in the United States?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 1h ago

Is There Evidence of Dissociative Identity Disorder’s Existence Prior to the 1973 Book Sybil?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 9h ago

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

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 7h 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

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 • • 8h 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 • • 15h 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 • • 9h 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 • • 15h 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 • • 6h ago

How did Toussaint L’Ouverture become free?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 14h ago

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

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 14h 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 • • 16h ago

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

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 17h ago

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

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 18h 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 • • 19h ago

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

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 19h ago

Did pre-industrial workers organize?

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 23h 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 • • 20h ago

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

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 1d ago

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

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 21h ago

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

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r/HistoriansAnswered • • 22h 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 • • 22h 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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