I was friends with a kid whose Dad gave his yet to be father in law a cow in exchange for the hand of the lady he loved. Not at all uncommon throughout the world
Well, I'm sure that will come as a huge surprise to every black person who served time in the south for violating sundown laws clear through the 1960s and was forced to do hard labor in private prisons.
@GuyWithOpinions A modern mechanical cotton gin was created by American inventor Eli Whitney in 1793 and patented in 1794. It made cotton farming more profitable, leading to a boom in cotton production in the United States. This inadvertently led to an increase in the use of slaves. Whitney had hoped his invention would do the opposite by reducing the amount of labor needed to process cotton, but he never invented a machine to harvest cotton. That job still had to be done by hand. Cotton harvesting machines did not show up until the 1930s. So, as cotton farmers expanded their plantations, they bought more slaves to pick the cotton.
@Musicman Nice screenshot. Too bad those can be faked so easily.
Get back to me when you have an article.
Oh, and you didn't think about the fact that the SAVE Act, which is designed to target trans women and prevent them from voting, is also going to make it difficult for biological women who have gotten married and changed their names.
