The votes are in!

/u/Jordan42 takes our "people's choice" award for his answer to the questions [Would slaves know individual plantations through reputation? How efficient were their means of inter-plantation communication?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/47u5lp/in_django_unchained_the_title_character_says_that/d0fvjc1?context=3)

Taking our "flairs choice" award is /u/thejukeboxhero for his answer to the question [How did the Merovingians respond to the gradual usurpation of their power by the Carolingians?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/43jl8n/how_did_the_merovingians_respond_to_the_gradual/cziyqm4?context=3)

Congratulations to our winners!