The problem in architecture that led to this form of construction was how could there be door and window openings in bearing walls without giving up the support that they provide.
four million enslaved people in the U.S. in 1860, nine out of ten lived on farms and plantations (mostly cotton plantations), and half lived in the Deep South.
It's Ireland and England. These are two related countries with intertwined histories, but where the larger neighbor periodically conquered/subjugated/exploited the other
