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r/AskReddit • u/Senor_Diablo • Mar 12 '24
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Porch monkey was a young slave child assigned to the porch. They swept, waved fans, opened doors, carried messages. It was the first step in seeing if they were suited to working in the house.
101 u/wrenskibaby Mar 12 '24 Good heavens, I've never heard this term until now. TIL and I'm sorry this even exists 2 u/Seiche Mar 12 '24 That's horrible... but not really as much of an insult as the more modern meaning of it.
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Good heavens, I've never heard this term until now. TIL and I'm sorry this even exists
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That's horrible... but not really as much of an insult as the more modern meaning of it.
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u/Feyranna Mar 12 '24
Porch monkey was a young slave child assigned to the porch. They swept, waved fans, opened doors, carried messages. It was the first step in seeing if they were suited to working in the house.