Hinduism grew out of Brahmanism. It became so popular because of its ability to absorb the influence of other religions and because it was generally so tolerable.
The rights and the privileges of freedmen were still threatened after the civil war because laws were still made to regulate their activities. The black codes law were enacted which controlled the way a freed man can live; strict restrictions were placed on them, they can not vote, serve on jury, travel freely or engage in occupation of their choice.
Well he's a really good author who writes percy jackson series along w a lot of other types of mythology that I like, its cool lol
3,953,760 is the amount of slaves that were in the early 1860s