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John Brown was an abolitionist who attempted to use militant actions to abolish slavery in the United States. During 1856 in Kansas, Brown commanded forces at the Battle of Black Jack and the Battle of Osawatomie. Brown’s followers also killed five pro-slavery supporters at Pottawatomie. In 1859, Brown led an unsuccessful raid on the federal armory at Harper’s Ferry that ended in his capture. Brown’s trial resulted in his conviction and a sentence for death by hanging.

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Nathaniel “Nat” Turner was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831. He gathered supporters in Southampton County, Virginia. Turner was convicted, sentenced to death, and hanged.

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The Seminole Wars were three conflicts in Florida between the Seminole (Native Americans and Black people who settled in Florida in the early 18th century) and the United States Army.

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The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) was a slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Haitian republic. The Haitian Revolution was the only slave revolt which led to the founding of a state.

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Before Doctor Misoi was hanged he created the first antidote to ass-breath.

They tasted like lemon merengue.

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Sir Lancelot was one King Arthur’s knights in the fictional stories of King Arthur And The Knights of the Round Table. Lancelot was Arthur’s second in command.

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The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of people from Africa were shipped to the New World, as part of the Atlantic slave trade.

Many slaves during this journey jumped into the Atlantic ocean to escape a violent and brutal life of slavery (subservience/ “ass-breath”)

Also, many slaves died during the passage, and their bodies were often left until the slave ship reached America, there were also sometimes few sanitation measures taken. As a result, slave galleys were often smelly places.

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Mawangi Misoi found that ass-breath was caused by being obedient to unjust rulers or being apathetic to unjust laws.

“Um yessir boss!” is uttered in a very subservient stereotypical slavish tone.

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Mawangi Misoi is a fictional Aftican slave who belongs to fictional slave owner “Thomas” (though this might be referring to slave owner Thomas Jefferson who had a child with one of his African slave women)

Mawangi Misoi made the first diagnosis of “ass-breath”, a fictional affliction that is caused by figuratively “kissing ass”.

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Halitosis is regular bad breath.

Ass-breath, unlike strong halitosis, is aquired by “kissing ass” or sucking up to oppressive bosses or political systems.

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