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This has probably been posted about 20 times in this thread alone, but I can't be arsed to go look--here is a funny and elucidating site about the alleged inspiration for Tavington, Col. Banastre Tarleton:
Oatmeal for the Foxhounds. It points out that Ban managed to lose his (substantial) inheritance all by himself, irresponsible young rake.
I'm afraid I didn't do too terribly well with that assignment (though it was only for extra credit)--I kinda got bogged down in the first question, "How historically accurate was the movie?" Two single-spaced pages later, it was after 1 a.m., and I had to quit.
Here's a single random tidbit--near the beginning of the movie, you know how Tavington addresses Martin's workers, explaining that the King promised liberty for all who would fight for Britain (true, though many of those people later ended up on somebody else's plantation in the Indies), but said workers meekly protest that they are not slaves, but "freedmen"? Chances are that you snorted in derision when you first watched that scene, but check it out: in Revolutionary America, 1763 to 1800 Purvis includes a table titled "Composition of the Southern Colonies' [and I would include South Carolina in that category!] Population, 1774" which gives the population of "legally free Black Inhabitants" as
1.2%.
How likely is it that Martin's got four of them??
Ugh. Like I say, poor idea to GET ME STARTED!!!
Oatmeal for the Foxhounds. It points out that Ban managed to lose his (substantial) inheritance all by himself, irresponsible young rake.
I'm afraid I didn't do too terribly well with that assignment (though it was only for extra credit)--I kinda got bogged down in the first question, "How historically accurate was the movie?" Two single-spaced pages later, it was after 1 a.m., and I had to quit.
Here's a single random tidbit--near the beginning of the movie, you know how Tavington addresses Martin's workers, explaining that the King promised liberty for all who would fight for Britain (true, though many of those people later ended up on somebody else's plantation in the Indies), but said workers meekly protest that they are not slaves, but "freedmen"? Chances are that you snorted in derision when you first watched that scene, but check it out: in Revolutionary America, 1763 to 1800 Purvis includes a table titled "Composition of the Southern Colonies' [and I would include South Carolina in that category!] Population, 1774" which gives the population of "legally free Black Inhabitants" as
1.2%.
How likely is it that Martin's got four of them??
Ugh. Like I say, poor idea to GET ME STARTED!!!
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Ma word is back...but I'll try not to overuse it. I'll use both cochina and mañosa (which actually a more accurate word for "naughty" in spanish)
That word is funny...it's even funnier when I saw it...the pronounciation kills me. IDK why...
....Angel...you're a fucking devil in disguise You need Jesus!.
That word is funny...it's even funnier when I saw it...the pronounciation kills me. IDK why...
....Angel...you're a fucking devil in disguise You need Jesus!.
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In reality, "mañosa" DOES mean whiny, but in peruvian slang "mañosa" means dirty/naughty.Angel Tavington wrote:mañosa?? sounds like "manhosa" in Portuguese, which means "whining" or something close to it (actually it has nothing to do with naughty)
So I'll use it like that!
*evil laugh* my secret source.......LOL! where do you find all those pics?
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