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Old November 1st, 2007, 05:04 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sumyr View Post
KMTSista, No, I haven't. What does it mean?
well it is "said" (because they try to dispute historical facts), that the term came from back during slavery when black slaves locked their hair, the whites would say their hair looked dreadful being matted together hense the term "dread"locks.

Even with the word picnic websites try to deny it or call it an urban myth, but its true

there are lots of terms that come from slavery, including the word "dozen". IF slaves weren't considered "top quality", i.e. age, poor health etc, they were sold by the dozen
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