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[–] teft@piefed.social 81 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wowsers. I thought this was gonna be a bullshit meme but it appears to be true. And pretty fucked up.

https://historycollection.com/parisian-prisoners-offered-freedom-agreed-marry-prostitutes-move-mississippi-coast/

Slight correction though, they went to modern day Biloxi, Mississippi which back then was part of the Louisiana territory.