The origin of the "laughing barrel"

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Black folk literally couldn't laugh out loud without fear of retribution from white people. They literally had to laugh inside barrels to avoid upsetting white people.

It's sad

A Barrel of Laughs: Why Slaves Were Not Allowed to Laugh on Many Plantations

 

[BlackDiBiase]

barrel of laughs - godfrey and lord jamar put me up on this a while ago.

 

[Marzupial]

Is laughing stock also related with this?

 

[Marzupial]

I always wonder if black kids were being educated regularly about shyt like this would we have as much ir dating as we have today?

Me personally black history completely turns me off of the thought of having family with a white person