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"Lincoln appeared before the Illinois Supreme Court on behalf of the same carrier in an important 1852 eminent domain case. At issue was the appropriate measure of damages in a proceeding to condemn a right-of-way over plaintiff’s land." (indianahistory.org)

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Alcohol Prohibition Was a Failure by Mark Thornton via CATO (cato.org)

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Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina sterilized more than 7,500 residents for being "feebleminded" and unfit to reproduce. (motherjones.com)

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Thirty-Six Years After Neil Armstrong Private Property Would Re-Energize Space Exploration (thefreemanonline.org)

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The program for Lincoln's funeral train...non-white citizens last in line to see "the great emancipator". (alplm.tumblr.com)

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Steep rises in taxes on alcohol do not necessarily reduce consumption, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) into the history of intoxicants in 16th and 17th England. (phys.org)

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"Katanga the Untold Story": This documentary, from the early 1960s, documents how the United Nations waged war on the anti-Communist state of Katanga, forcing it under Communist rule. [Video] (youtube.com)

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Researching my family history(of driving people around) and came upon this article about the prehistory of national identification. (voluntaryist.com)

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Were Slaves Really Loyal to the Union From the Start? (theatlantic.com)

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Really good post about urban warfare in ancient Greece, thought it was interesting the target four most assaults was the market. (reddit.com)

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EotW - Week 36 - Matt Baumgartner; owner of my favorite bar/restaurant and a true entrepreneur. (bizjournals.com)

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China’s Flirtation with Keynesian Economics (thefreemanonline.org)

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Is there a plausible way the south could have won the civil war, or found a way to succeed without a war at all? (self.libertarian_history)

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The Agricultural-University Complex: Destroying Agriculture for 80 Years [Video] (mises.org)

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County population change during the Great Depression(the 1930 one, not this one). (census.gov)

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A Bleeding Heart History of Libertarianism (cato-unbound.org)

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How the West de-democratised the Middle East (aljazeera.com)

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Suicide murder was a widespread phenomenon in 18th century Denmark. Instead of taking their own life, suicide candidates would kill a child or some other random person, in the hope that they would receive a death penalty. (pasthorizonspr.com)

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Rev. Richard Wurmbrand On Romanian Communist Brainwashing [Video] (youtube.com)

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Calendar years the USA has been at war since 1776 [xpost libertarian] (i.imgur.com)

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Historical Injustice: Two Possible Solutions (jacobroundtree.com)

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EotW: Richard Montañez - "a janitor at the Frito-Lay Rancho Cucamonga plant in California since 1976, but that all changed when he decided Cheetos needed an extra kick. (latino.foxnews.com)

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Ancient Civilizations Reveal Ways to Manage Fisheries for Sustainability (notably without government regulation) (sciencedaily.com)

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Rothbard on Reagan in Reason. (reason.com)

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What Happened When General Grant Expelled Civil War Jews (thedailybeast.com)

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