FALSE The use of Black Friday as a descriptor for the day after Thanksgiving has nothing to do with the selling of slaves, though, and the term didnt originate until nearly a century after the practice of slavery was abolished in the U.S. The earliest known use of Black Friday in such a context stems from 1951 and referred to the practice of workers calling in sick on the day after Thanksgiving in order to have four consecutive days off (because that day was not yet commonly offered as a paid day off by employers) snopes/holidays/thanksgiving/blackfriday.asp
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:47:36 +0000
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