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Everett True Comics

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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Printed 118 years ago today in the Spokane Press. Image cleaned up, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

But isn't beating someone up also a violation of their rights?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Kids didn’t have rights, any more than a dog or horse or chair did. They were seen as property. Both by the law and by custom.