For the love of coffee

jjejjtu

This took place in 1777, when women were extremely oppressed, had few rights, and were basically given the smallest amount of respect begrudgingly, and only because of the need to have them around to tend the home and bear children...

"One eminent, wealthy, stingy merchant (who is a bachelor) had a hogshead of coffee in his store, which he refused to sell the committee under six shillings per pound. A number of females, some say a hundred, some say more, assembled with a cart and trunks, marched down to the warehouse, and demanded the keys, which he refused to deliver. Upon which one of them seized him by his neck and tossed him into the cart. Upon his finding no quarter, he delivered the keys when they tipped up the cart and discharged him; then opened the warehouse, hoisted out the coffee themselves, put it into the trunks and drove off.....A large concourse of men stood amazed, silent spectators of the whole transaction."

That passage is from a letter to John Adams from his wife Abilgail, though I found it in the book A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. I just love the image of this mob of woman, who were basically not allowed to do anything, storming that guy, grabbing him by the neck, and making off with the coffee. It made my morning so I thought I'd share. The moral: don't mess with our coffee!

vingogly

Abigail Adams was pretty feisty herself.

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JeromeBarry1

GnothiSeauton23 wrote: »

you had me at coffee...you lost me at all those words

Just think Ronda Rousey.