Track_Shovel to Just PostEnglish • 1 day agoRemember, kids! Indentured servitude wasn't that long ago!slrpnk.netimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down10
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minus-squarerigattilinkEnglish4•1 day agoI grew up 20 minutes from there, never heard of Westland before.
minus-square@Gradually_AdjustinglinkEnglish1•24 hours agoIt’s not a story they’d put in a school textbook.
minus-squarerigattilinkEnglish3•23 hours agoNot the story – the place. I think most people would refer to the area as Hickory or Canonsburg. I have definitely heard of company stores before, probably in school textbooks.
minus-square@Gradually_AdjustinglinkEnglish2•23 hours agoCool. Labor history tends to get short shrift in school textbooks, they’re all made in Texas lately.
I grew up 20 minutes from there, never heard of Westland before.
It’s not a story they’d put in a school textbook.
Not the story – the place. I think most people would refer to the area as Hickory or Canonsburg. I have definitely heard of company stores before, probably in school textbooks.
Cool. Labor history tends to get short shrift in school textbooks, they’re all made in Texas lately.