The court ruled to remove protection from dangerous
speeches. Charles Schenck was an
anti-war activist who spoke out against the war and was arrested for espionage. It is believe that he was threatening the war
effort with his speeches and was charged as a result.
The Greeks. I cannot recall what they were called then.
Spartacus was a Thracian Gladiator. He was one of the escaped slave leaders in the third servile war
In 1600s the planter class increasingly relied on African slaves for labor majorly because slaves were offering cheap labor now that the planters didn't have to pay for this form of labor. This led to most of them foregoing traditional indentured servants who would be paid for their labor and instead opted for African slaves.