Cotton Picking Story.
Not about sheep but agricultural non the less.
My ancestors were split in the early 19th century when around half of them emigrated to the USA. G.g.g.g. grandfather Ruben and G.g.g.g grandmother Millicent struck it lucky and ended up running a plantation in Louisiana. Family diaries detailed occurrences familiar to those who have watched 12 Years A Slave. If anything the film underplayed the cruelty.
Probably the most horrendous episode logged was when, around the start of the abolition process, slaves started to disappear on a regular basis. Escape was virtualy impossible. Where would they escape to? The neighbouring plantation?
Over a period of 12 months around fifty slaves, ten percent of the workforce, went missing without trace. It was only by luck that my relatives eventually discovered what had been happening.
They were on one of their regular family picnics in one of the hundreds of charming copses on the estate. There was shade from the hot sun and a beautiful soft grassy bank by a sparkling, soda water brook. Couldn't have been more peaceful.
During the idyll G.g.g.g.grandfather had to answer a call of nature and went among the trees to a respectable distance from his family. What he came upon shocked him to the core. In a clearing, piled high upon high, were the corpses of slaves. They had all been brutally murdered then just thrown on top of each other and left to rot.
My Gx4 grandfather was beside himself and rushed back to break the news to his wife. On sight she could see there was something seriously wrong. "You look terrible Ruben, what on earth has happened?
He replied, "I think I've just stumbled upon the blacks' heap of the farm, Milly"
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Wed 26 Feb 2014, 21:09, 5 replies)

Oh but you are an evil barstid

(the other guy not the one that gave you coochie warts, Thu 27 Feb 2014, 0:01, closed)

This actually made me wince, well done.

( Infidel , shit and wrong, Thu 27 Feb 2014, 1:35, closed)

saw something coming
but still pleasantly surprised, good work.
(Eukanuba, Thu 27 Feb 2014, 8:16, closed)

Good grief.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 27 Feb 2014, 8:49, closed)

WINNAR

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 27 Feb 2014, 12:30, closed)