Daily history quiz
Can you place the stories they never taught you?
Ten true stories from the archive, every one drawn from published sources. Your job: guess when each happened. New set every day.
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A Danish Governor Freed 22,000 Slaves Without Permission
A Danish judge in a colonial court handed down a ruling so legally absurd that it abolished slavery decades ahead of schedule.
When did this happen?