misteloct@lemmy.world to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoAfter Irish landlord Charles "Boycott" attempted to evict 11 tenants, the local community decided to shun him. Workers, traders, and mailmen successfully ostrostracized and ousted him.en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up10
arrow-up10external-linkAfter Irish landlord Charles "Boycott" attempted to evict 11 tenants, the local community decided to shun him. Workers, traders, and mailmen successfully ostrostracized and ousted him.en.m.wikipedia.orgmisteloct@lemmy.world to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareWHARRGARBL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoHe wasn’t Irish. He was a Brit, working as a landlord in Ireland.
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoHe wasn’t even a landlord, he was an employee that worked for the owner of the land (the Wikipedia page calls this a land agent).
He wasn’t Irish. He was a Brit, working as a landlord in Ireland.
He wasn’t even a landlord, he was an employee that worked for the owner of the land (the Wikipedia page calls this a land agent).