BarterClub@sh.itjust.worksM to Antiwork@lemmy.world · 11 months agoLabor “shortage”i.imgur.comimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up11.28Karrow-down120
arrow-up11.26Karrow-down1imageLabor “shortage”i.imgur.comBarterClub@sh.itjust.worksM to Antiwork@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareSyldon@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·11 months 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-up1·11 months 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.