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Category:
Agriculture
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Animal Husbandry,
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Birdmen and Birdwomen
1800s
In the antebellum era, someone who tended to domesticated birds on plantations was called the Birdman. After slavery was abolished, birdmen were often able to parlay their chicken husbandry skills to earn a living as chicken merchants and farmers.
Adopted By
Nazim Chowdhury
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