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Monday Open Thread: Little Known Stories of Plac’ees – or rather 18th Century THOTs

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Good Morning POU! OK, so I know you're wondering "WUT??" after you saw the topic for this week. Allow me to explain (cuz, trust, its accurate). Plaçage was a recognized extralegal system in French and Spanish slave colonies of North America (including the Caribbean) by which ethnic European men entered into the equivalent of common-law marriages with women of color, … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Little Known Stories of Plac’ees – or rather 18th Century THOTs

Monday Open Thread: African-American Nurses Who Changed the Course of History

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Susie King Taylor (August 6, 1848 - October 6, 1912) was the first Black Army nurse. She tended to an all Black army troop named the First South Carolina Volunteers, 33rd Regiment, where her husband served, for four years during the Civil War. Despite her service, like many African American nurses, she was never paid for her work. As the author of Reminiscences of My Life in … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-American Nurses Who Changed the Course of History