So I am reading a book about Rome (slovenian author Rajko Bratuž) and in it he says that slaves with "intelectual jobs" (tutors, doctors) were able to make a lot of money and thus buy their own freedom. He quotes Schumaher's Sklaverei in der Antike when mentioning the case of Quintus Lutatius Daphnis, who bought his own freedom for 700.000 sestercians around 100 BC.

He mentioned some more examples, but what interestests me was how were they able to make money if they were slaves? Wouldn't the master just pocket the earnings?

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For example, tourism to Cuba after 1898, specifically to visit the Monument to the Victims of the USS Maine in Havana, has been argued (most notably by Louis A. Perez Jr.) to have helped reinforce a particular perspective of Cuba and America's role in the Spanish-American-Cuban War amongst American tourists.

What are some other instances of this happening? How have other popular historical locations/monuments/tourist destinations helped to push a particular interpretation of history? What seems to be the reason?

In the Tom Lehrer song "Who's next" he sings that "France got the bomb, but don't you grieve 'Cause they're on our side, I believe" This song was from either the late 50 or early 60s. (I'm struggling to pinpoint more than that)

The "I believe" sounds a bit sarcastic. Was this just for the music or were there reasons to believe that France wasn't a good ally at the time?

Were there ever any Chinese "dragon hunters" that went looking for the existence of dragons like how there are people looking for the Loch Ness Monster and the Sasquatch?

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So I get that WWII happened much more recently than the US civil war, but this disturbs me. I do a lot of internet reading on both topics, and my anecdotal impression is that holocaust denial is a bit of a fringe mindset, yet the notion that the civil war was fought for state's rights and that slavery wasn't THAT bad is very permeable even today.

My thought would be that as time passes, people would actually feel less connection to the past, so it's easier to say "slavery in the south was really bad". But in modern day Germany, I would imagine most citizens alive today have very personal connections to people involved in Nazi Germany. I would think this may breed apologists instead of what we currently see.

Maybe this question isn't right for AskHistorians, so please let me know if I should ask this elsewhere!

they controlled practically all of asia at their peak. I just cant understand how they could just dissipate and or get taken over.

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Did the Chinese ever try to emulate Samurai or Mongol warfare styles and organization?

What were the implications? Presumably it depends on the ... er, severity? of the violation, but what would the feds do? What have they done historically?

I admit myself to be a WW2 Germany buff, so I may be sounding a little biased.

Anyway, according to how I currently understand it, the Treaty of Versailles cites Germany as the country of aggression during WW1 and forces it to pay for repairs and reparations for the conflict. I find it a little odd considering the fact a Serbian pulled the trigger on Franz Ferdinand, an Austrian. From there, I find it quite reasonable for Germany to be angry.

Is WW1 the fault of Germany, or is it an example of "history is written by victors"?

I literally did not know the Klan was active in Canada until this morning, when I saw a photo of a Klansman in full garb in Vancouver in the 1930s. We honestly don't hear much about anti-black racism in this country, though I can't say I'm wholly surprised. How active were they and where? Were they in both French and English Canada?

I heard once that Chopin lost his mind because f minor got stuck in his head but can't seem to find information about it, possibly it was a different composer.

Do I simply butcher the pig myself? Do I have a professional butcher do it? What does the butcher receive in return? I was just thinking about this, and I have no idea how the transactions would be handled in many places.

The region and period are just to get a general idea, it doesn't necessarily have to be ultra-specific to that.

Hello, this is my first post, have only just discovered this subreddit so apologies in advance if this post is against the rules (I have read them, and questions about historical method seem to be ok, but apologies if I have misinterpreted anything).

Anyway, after that long opening caveat, I have a simple question:

Is there an online archive of historical acts of parliament for the United Kingdom?

Most online archives of law seem to include acts from the last fifty years or so, or if they do provide older acts that are still in force, then they provide amended versions. This is useless for the historical research that I am undertaking.

Archive.org has a few things that I need, but I thought that there would be something more comprehensive out there that someone who has worked on the history of jurisprudence may be able to refer me to.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!