Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Just Post@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoRemember, kids! Indentured servitude wasn't that long ago!slrpnk.netexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1143
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minus-squarerigatti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI grew up 20 minutes from there, never heard of Westland before.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s not a story they’d put in a school textbook.
minus-squarerigatti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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.