This story is weird and interesting, but buries the most interesting TIL: Whiteboys! Also called Levelers or Queen Sive’s Outlaw Children, they went and tore down fences put up around formerly common land and were often executed for it.
History is so full of injustice, it’s great to retroactively honor the noble fallen.
This story is weird and interesting, but buries the most interesting TIL: Whiteboys! Also called Levelers or Queen Sive’s Outlaw Children, they went and tore down fences put up around formerly common land and were often executed for it.
History is so full of injustice, it’s great to retroactively honor the noble fallen.