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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

How come slaves in the US didn't just walk off the farm while their "owner" was asleep? Or at the very least go in and kill the prick?

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How come slaves in the US didn't just walk off the farm while their "owner" was asleep? Or at the very least go in and kill the prick?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago
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  • Cypher@aussie.zone
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    6 days ago

    OP is an engagement farmer reposting from reddit, so it literally isn’t the circumstance posed in that xkcd.

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      Really? I didn’t realise. Dang. Explains a lot about their posts in that case

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