Revelers still flock to J’Ouvert and West Indian Carnival in Brooklyn after organizers called off events (Adams: depreciation, vs)
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Nope. In fact my whole career until the very end when it mattered most, I never liked overtime at all. 18 years of avoiding most of it only to suddenly get hundreds of pensionable hours dumped in my lap over 3 weeks. I hit the lottery and promptly retired early!
Nope. In fact my whole career until the very end when it mattered most, I never liked overtime at all. 18 years of avoiding most of it only to suddenly get hundreds of pensionable hours dumped in my lap over 3 weeks. I hit the lottery and promptly retired early!
Judging how much free time you have to moderate this forum, I’d say deep inside you miss the action, the dirt, the streets and everything else in between.
Australia started out as a literal penal colony. Jamaica doesn't have high crime because the most "recalcitrant" slaves were supposedly sent there.
How recalctricant can you really be as a slave?
The most troublesome. I don't remember exactly what words she used.
I once read that slaves in Virginia who were giving the slave masters trouble would be sold off to the cotton plantations further south as a punishment. The cotton field were physically harder to work than the tobacco fields.
The most troublesome. I don't remember exactly what words she used.
I once read that slaves in Virginia who were giving the slave masters trouble would be sold off to the cotton plantations further south as a punishment. The cotton field were physically harder to work than the tobacco fields.
This is absolutely true, especially as tobacco ruined land and slaves became a more profitable commodity. More northern owners sold “extras” to the further southern cotton farms.
One of the above mentioned hobbies is reading. I’m much more well-read than my language mastery belies. (Moreso I just rush posts). I’m currently reading Undaunted Courage about the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
The most troublesome. I don't remember exactly what words she used.
I once read that slaves in Virginia who were giving the slave masters trouble would be sold off to the cotton plantations further south as a punishment. The cotton field were physically harder to work than the tobacco fields.
To be honest sounds like an old wives tale to me. I'm sure some slaves were more amenable than others but if you're outright rebellious, you'd just get killed or tortured.
Jamaica is very violent because it's a poor country even relative to the other islands.
They love to celebrate their third world (jobless, unproductive) countries but don't go back to live there. Funny how that works.
...and the ones who come here usually work bout 3, 4, 5 jobs, but you completely omit that fact.. oh ok. got it
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