John ‘the importance of ideas & information’
#ceasefire #nevervotetory Outsider | not in the Meursault way | Cymro #AntiTory since 62 | republican ‘…let’s exalt the importance of ideas and information.’ Loves reading & enjoys a pint or two!
- This is proving a true joy to read & this part resonates hugely in the light of the ‘island of strangers’ nonsense that has emerged this week. A slave stealing himself & becoming an integral part of the community & adding considerable value to that community. ‘No documents survive for the next
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View full threadwidow left Djupivogur and returned to Denmark. Hans Jonathan's position changed greatly. The merchant corporation Ørum & Wulff, which had a general store in Eskifjordur, another East Fjords port, purchased the Djupivogur store and promoted Hans Jonathan to manager. He appears to have proved his
- ability by taking over Jon's work during his final illness and to have earned a good reputation in his seventeen years in business.’ THE MAN WHO STOLE HIMSELF: The SLAVE ODYSSEY of HANS JONATHAN by Gísli Pálsson @uchicagopress.bsky.social 📚💙 #booksky
- Else and Delectation, with one and two masts respectively: the shop assistant was spending his free time fishing. Although he owned two boats, Hans Jonathan was not a wealthy man, and he was not subject to much tax, though he paid the required community tax and the dues for the poor. The records
- indicate that Hans Jonathan's position was unusual, as he was the only landless man who owned a boat. But he had established himself as a member of the community: he had his boats, kept a few animals, paid his taxes, and attended local meetings. In 1819 Jon Stefansson fell ill and died, and his
- three years, but by 1815 Hans Jonathan owned four ewes, two yearling lambs, and one and a half boats. He may have co-owned one of the boats with his employer, Jon Stefansson, who is also recorded as owning one and a half. In 1817 Hans Jonathan owned two boats, probably the four-oared vessels named
- I have become a tad obsessed with this website/archive/directory. www.braggoscope.com
- I am now dreaming of similar ones for two of my other favourite Radio 4 programmes: Start the Week & Thinking Allowed. Maybe they exist already? @simontillotson.bsky.social @tds153.bsky.social @jayneeegerton.bsky.social
- I’m enjoying exploring the Braggoscope In Our Time website/archive/directory & I found myself listening to all three programmes involving Catherine Hall. With some recent reading it prompted me to think that one should maybe be specific about the different slave trades that exist &
- that the each one should be named specifically e.g. ‘the transatlantic slave trade’; ‘the Barbary slave trade’ as there are many differences in the scale & nature of the slave trades? @simontillotson.bsky.social www.braggoscope.com/guests/cathe...
