Yet despite aggressive advertisements claiming the uniqueness of specific brands of commodity meats, the identities of commodity producers remain anonymous to the consumer […]

“Conflicting out” attorneys is the way a husband will make sure his wife doesn't hire any of the most aggressive lawyers in town.

Voltaire is never so good as when he is ridiculing the cruel folly which crimps a number of ignorant and innocent peasants, dresses them up in uniform, teaches them to march and wheel, and sends them off to kill and be killed.

By 1786 the population of the Parish of Léogâne —whose growth was fueled by the lucrative coffee and sugar industries—counted 1,064 whites, 1,520 affranchis, and 16,492 slaves.