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The name cornrows refers to the layout of crops in corn and sugar cane fields in the Americas and Caribbean, [1] [6] where enslaved Africans were displaced during the Atlantic slave trade. [7] According to Black folklore, cornrows were often used to communicate on the Underground Railroad and by Benkos Biohó during his time as a slave in ...
These porters were known in London as "chairmen". These have been very rare since the 19th century, but such enclosed portable litters have been used as an elite form of transport for centuries, especially in cultures where women are kept secluded. Sedan chairs, in use until the 19th century, were accompanied at night by link-boys who carried ...
Ménand, Van de Walle, and Machu were accused of having taken part in setting the fires. [6] According to Édith Thomas, of the many women who were accused of being pétroleuses in the aftermath of the Commune, Anne-Marie Ménand and Florence Van de Walle were the only two who may actually have participated in any arson. [7]
The hennin (French: hennin / ˈ h ɛ n ɪ n /; [1] possibly from Flemish Dutch: henninck meaning cock or rooster) [N 1] was a headdress in the shape of a cone, steeple, or truncated cone worn in the Late Middle Ages by European women of the nobility. [2] They were most common in Burgundy and France, [citation needed] but also elsewhere ...
Fans were used throughout history, and can be traced back as long as five thousand years ago. They developed in ancient Egypt, India and China, where they were used for ceremonies and practical purposes. [1] In the 12th century, during the Crusades, the fan was brought to Europe. [2] At first, Europeans adopted the rigid fan and feather fans.
The Venus of Brassempouy (French: la Dame de Brassempouy, [la dam də bʁasɛ̃pwi], meaning "Lady of Brassempouy", or Dame à la Capuche, "Lady with the Hood") is a fragmentary ivory figurine from the Upper Palaeolithic, apparently broken from a larger figure at some time unknown. It was discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France in 1894. [1]
Of the 7,000 women selected, most died on the forced marches or on the sea voyage, and only 1,300 arrived at the colony. [2] Some of the women were forcibly married to male prisoners also being sent to Louisiana. [3] Many correction girls were sickly and malnourished; some had venereal diseases and others were dangerous criminals.
Ancient Manners (Aphrodite: mœurs antique). Paris: Charles Carrington – via Project Gutenberg. This Translation of Ancient Manners was executed on the Printing Presses of Charles Herissey, at Evreux, (France), for Mr. Charles Carrington, Paris, Bookseller et Publisher, and is the only complete English version extant.