A lot of times I see it thrown around that the South didn't secede because of slavery but for state's rights, but I never see what state's rights they seceded for. What rights are these?

My parents are in Eastern NC so the area's been inhabited for a VERY long time. There is a small family cemetery on site, but only 3 of the graves are marked with headstones. However, there are a few large round rocks near the cemetery, and ONLY in that area. My dad says they were ballast rocks for ships and thinks they mark the graves of slaves but we don't want to dig them up.

Can anybody tell me what kind of burial slaves were typically given? Were the graves usually marked? Or might it be something else entirely? I don't have a picture right now but it isn't hard to imagine, really. I think each rock is 6 - 10" in length and they are all very smooth.

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During the invasion of Normandy in 1944, how good was the Wehrmacht at that stage? Were there many experienced units stationed there or just second rate units? How much training did German soldiers have at that stage?

What about by the time of the battle of Hurtgen Forrest/Ardennes offensive? How big were the changes?

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Aside from the obvious, such as processed food that can only exist thanks to our technology.

A little background, I have been working on my family tree and I came across some hand written notes from my great aunt. In her notes she documents names and dates which is great information however at the end of the note she writes the below information. Thomas Quealy’s father was one of 13 men who disappeared while on an exploration trip into the interior of Australia. The company was thereafter referred to as “Quealy’s Unlucky 13" (history of Australia.) should be 1850 That is it, no other information. My question is, has anyone heard of this Quealys Unlucky 13? I understand Australia is huge my guess is the trip would have originated from the Brisbane area seeing this is where some of my ancestors along that family tree are from. Google turned up nothing for me, figured reddit might be worth a shot.

I was sent here from /r/australia/

I don't know he's normally such a reasonable person, but he like Andrew Jackson a lot for some reason. I guess I'm mostly loom for more information myself because it was sort of glossed over in high school.

As stated in the title, how and why was the Swedish millitary so effective during the thirty years war and what made them diffrent when other European millitarys during that time?

The anime in question is Drifters which tell the story of several historical characters transported to a generic medieval fantasy world. It is very loose with historical accuracy.

A main character is Shimazu Toyohisa. In a recent episode, he is angered very much that his enemy have been raping the peasant women taken as captives.

What were the attitudes of samurai in the 17th century towards rape? How would this differ according to the social class of the women?

As Gregor Mendel was experimenting with his pea plants what else was he doing at that time. It takes time for his plants to grow so what was occupying his time?

I'm not trying to stir the pot or anything, I just find it a tad ironic if it is the case.

One of the aspects of Christianity that I often hear cited for it's popularity in Rome was equality in death, that the rich and the poor had the same two options for the afterlife. Considering how stratified the high and late medieval periods were, and how the churches themselves had beautiful effigies of the lords who built them, not John the cottar, as well as the fact that a lot of the clergy came from noble families, do we know how much this was portrayed?

As a secondary question, do we know how it played into their understanding of class hierarchy?

Given the nature of WWI, I assumed they'd want the war to end as quickly as possible. And given I've heard stories of small skirmishes that resulted in death leading up to hours before the treaty was signed and the ceasefire commenced, it seems like once they came to the terms of the treaty they'd go ahead and end the war.

But the 11:11 11/11 thing almost makes it seem like they were trying to time it right to make the date more memorable, and I can just imagine the Germans, Austro-Hungarians, and the Turkish there just wanting them to get it over with.

if you also have information on the history of: -New York city/Chicago subways -the London 'tube' system -Europe train system (public transportation) -japans magnetic rail system

thank you

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