<span>At the PEAK of slavery in 1860, only 1.4% of Americans owned slaves. What your history books (don't) tell you is that 3,000 blacks owned a total of 20,000.</span>
<span>The Byzantine had major effect on early Rus culture. One of the first major effects is in their written language. Prior to this they used mainly runic script, but after contact they developed a modified Greek script, Cyrillic, to use in their writings. They would also add some items of culture, such as language to these peoples. The word Czar would be developed from Byzantine and Roman culture, from their word Caesar, who was the Emperor and originally derived from the Emperor Julius Caesar. This root word is found in many languages in the area, including Kaiser in Germany. The last impact would be the religion. Greek Orthodoxy, a break away from the church in Rome, gained a foothold here in Russia where it stays until today. The remainder of Western Europe and even some of the Slavic regions are still predominantly Roman Catholic, with exception to Russia and its surrounding regions.</span>
Being the leader of the uprising during the war for Mexican Independence
<span>In South Africa, the British had to contend not only with a native population, but with a significant population of Boers who felt that the land was theirs Competition between white groups over land and over rich mineral resources led to war.</span>
