On October 9th, 1773 James Boone and a small group if settlers set up camp on the way to Kentucky. That morning, they were attacked by Delaware, Shawnee, and Cherokee Indians.
These ideas are most closely associated with no other than Karl Marx. He brought about this idea in his seminal work called the Communist Manifesto, where he talked about various things pertaining society and class struggles. Among them he also develope dthe notion of the dictatorship of the proletariat where the proletariat would have all the political power in a new type of society.
No, the south thought of slavery as a way of life. Without slaves they thought daily life would be extremely hard and if not impossible.
No dangers I think unless you are traveling alone in deserts. The Silk road streches long into present Turcky. So, it depends on which part of the Silk Road you are going to.
