In Amazon Prime's show 'Black Sails', a period drama about piracy set in Bahamas around the time of 1715, they depict an island settled in secret by escaped slaves with a population in the hundreds. Is there any evidence of places like this existing on the islands in this time?

A few follow-up questions for if there is evidence to suggest these places existed, what would have happened to them had they been discovered by the British again? I assume the one in the show is far too large to be real, what size were they really?

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The Indian diet

Hi everyone,

I'm curious about what people in the Indian subcontinent ate a few hundred years ago.

I was surprised to learn recently that signature 'Indian' dishes, such as the Punjabi butter chicken, are probably recent innovations since tomatoes and green chillies were imported from South America only after the Spanish conquest.

The alu poshto, a favorite in Bengal, came to be because the British were growing opium in the region. [See source below for more]

In a recent visit to the South of India, I had the opportunity to speak to people from rural pockets. I was told that millets, such as the pearl millet, used to be staples. They added that the prevalence of rice in the region was a recent trend. I understand this is anecdotal; I have no source for this other than what these people told me but I thought it was interesting enough to add. The way I understand it, the South of India had mostly been isolated from the rest of the country until the British united all of it. I'd also like to know whether South Indian diets differed significantly from diets in the rest of the subcontinent.

Thanks!

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato

http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/how-british-greed-spurred-the-creation-of-one-of-bengals-most-loved-dishes/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_millet

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Augustus' political affiliation? (Populares/Optimates)

What was Augustus' political bias? Did his status as Princeps make him officially impartial in the Senate? I would have thought his relationship with Caesar would make him "Populares"

Ave!

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What do I do with complete set of diaries of an Australian soldier from WW1 who coordinated censorship but did not censor his own diaries.

I know they are important as a primary source for history of WW1, but they have just been kept in an old suitcase by my family throughout the generations. I am seeking advice from historians as to what i should do/ how i should go about possibly re-writing or photographing each page and posting them somewhere.

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What are the origins of the Wild Hunt myth?

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How much of an advantage was the semi-automatic Garand over contemporary bolt-action guns?

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Learning more about Napoleon

I want to learn more about the French general and later emperor. What's the best way to go about this? I do have a weakness for a detail rich documentary!

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Hope this is the right place to ask - but is there a difference between baptists and anabaptists?

During the 1700's at the very least my current textbook (for U.S history) refers to those who believe in adult baptism as baptists but my previous (Euro) textbook calls the same people anabaptists. Is there a difference?

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What was the Polish-Lithuanian response to the 18th century partitions?

Did they attempt to war against Austria, Prussia, and Russia? Was there any resistance at all? The textbooks I've read only seem to mention the partitions in passing, but never go into depth. Thank you!

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Reconstruction Questions

My teacher didn't tell us this shit.

1.What political party gains control of the south (I said democrats)

2.Why did the congress refuse the southern states, no idea what it's asking. It's under the topic Congressional Leadership - Radical Republicans

3.What was the status of blacks under the Lincoln/Johnson Plan

Thanks. Test is tomorrow wanna be 100 hundo percent sure

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How did Buddhism decline in Central Asia?

The best information I can come up with is the Battle of Talas in Transoxiana, but its even stated in some sources that it may not be the sole reason of buddhist decline. I would like some understanding.

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Say I was a healthy 25 year old male civilian in the United States in 1941. What are my chances of getting drafted in the next couple of years and what can I expect?

From research that I have already done I understand that about 30% of the US military was made up of draftees during WWII. However I am unclear how such a massive draft was organized. Where they calling up everyone who was in their twenties/ early thirties who had not already volunteered? Would draftees in their late twenties be more likely to be selected for OCS or NCO school? What if I was a skilled professional Lawyer, Accountant, Mechanic, Electrician etc. would I be likely to be assigned a position in the military similar to what I had done in civilian life?

Thank you very much for your time. If you have any suggestions about where I could read up more on the subject myself I would greatly appreciate it.

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Was there any porn produced in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany, etc back when they were communist?

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You hear about the civilization that rose and fell from power in the eastern hemisphere slot. But was there any kind of civilization that had an amount of influence near what the holy Roman empire had in the Western hemisphere at anytime before Christopher Columbus came?

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Line infantry tactics during 19th century

Tactics where they march in orderly line instead of charging, making themselves easy targets, not using cover, cannonfodder.

Why were these tactics used? What was the thought process behind it? What was the mindset behind them and what brought the change into modern military tactics we see today?

I'd appreciate any answers or source recommendations on this, thanks!

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Did squires fight in wars during 1300-1400?

In "A Distant Mirror", when listing the men going to war, the number of squires is generally twice to ten-times as many as the knights. Were the squires fighting during the conflict or just being support for the knights? If they fought, in what capacity?

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Why did Hitler begin a siege of Leningrad instead of taking the city and moving onward?

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I'm a medieval lord that knows his city is about to come under seige. What's a checklist of things I should do before they get here?

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How was homosexuality viewed in Ancient Greek society?

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Why did Franco reinstate monarchy before his death?

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Did Blaise Pascal view the universe as centre-less at a time where most viewed it as geocentric?

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Does aAnyone know of any interesting stories / case studies of feared Bards throughout Medieval History?

Is what Alan Moore says about them being feared due to being able to put a satire on people true?

Source: https://youtu.be/W_8Eyi23DKI?t=3m53s

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What did the Chinese think of Alphabetic writing when they first encountered it?

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I've read that one of the reasons that the Romans were so keen on conquering Britian was because of the wealth of minerals to be found there. What was Roman mining like? Of more interest, what were Roman mining towns like? What sort of military presence might there have been?

I'm doing quite a lot of research for a horror story I'm writing, but I thought I'd come ask the experts. I'm specifically interested in 122 CE, the year Hadrian visited the island. The idea is for it to be a small and not particularly valuble mine, but obviously beggers can't be choosers. Any additional sources I could look up myself would be appreciated, as well.

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How did the US respond to the African-American soldiers not being immune to diseases in the Spanish-American War?

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