Jocelyn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheConversationUS</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/blackmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>blackmastodon</span></a></span> </p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Whaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whaling</span></a> was also one of the few industries where <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/BlackAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackAmericans</span></a>, both free and formerly <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/enslaved" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enslaved</span></a>, could make money and become wealthy. Individuals of all backgrounds could rise through the whaling industry ranks based on skill rather than birth."</p><p>I'm happy to give three cheers to <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/MobyDick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobyDick</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Daggoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daggoo</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Tashtego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tashtego</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Queequeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Queequeg</span></a>.</p>