BarterClub@sh.itjust.worksM to Antiwork@lemmy.world · 1 year agoLabor “shortage”i.imgur.comimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up11.27Karrow-down120
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minus-squareSyldonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoI didn’t need to google. I had heard of the origins before. They are mentioned in article as cash for servants in the middle ages. AKA vails. First google post I found here. I know there are records of this being used in the 1600’s. A little before the civil war.
minus-squarePiemanding@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWell that is a whole 100 years before the US was founded.
I didn’t need to google. I had heard of the origins before. They are mentioned in article as cash for servants in the middle ages. AKA vails.
First google post I found here. I know there are records of this being used in the 1600’s. A little before the civil war.
Well that is a whole 100 years before the US was founded.