Calypso began with the chantwells. These were slaves who entertained plantation owners in colonial times. The chantwells made up songs about the people they knew and the things that happened to them.

Desperately injured, sick, or miserable workers used the black pill, an overdose of opium, to commit suicide.

A raging storm kept us indoors.

According to the Pyramid Texts — a collection of prayers, hymns, and spells for the dead — Isis foresaw the murder of her brother-husband and mourned for him before the event.