• @ruk_n_rul
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    1 year ago

    This was a recounting from the local Malays, who always knew the orang aslis by other, more specific, names. Even the book clarified them as Blacks.

    I forgot to date the story but it’s from the 1840s.

    Anyway, here’s a full excerpt:

    • @dukeGR4
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      11 year ago

      sike, it’s actually orang minyak

      • @ruk_n_rul
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        11 year ago

        Could be? Imagine being the American blacks, with their mixed christian-voodoo-west african beliefs, transplanted for labour to a foreign land with no b*tches. What do? 🤔

    • @cendawanita
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      11 year ago

      My my my what an interesting piece of history indeed!