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Charles Boycott, The Hated English Land Agent Whose Name Inspired The Word ‘Boycott’

By Ainsley Brown

"After Charles Boycott tried to evict a number of his tenant farmers in 1880, locals in County Mayo, Ireland, fought back by ostracizing him — leading to the term "boycott."

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The Little-Known Story Of The Hated English Land Agent Whose Name Inspired The Word 'Boycott'

In the 1880s, locals in County Mayo, Ireland, began to resist eviction policies enforced by English land agents. And when one agent named Charles Boycott tried to evict 11 tenants, the locals banded together to deny him labor — which inspired the word "boycott."

Caricature of Charles Cunningham Boycott

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