Boycott
Aboycottis aprotestwhere the protesters do not buy aproductor give money to acompany.Instead of buying a certain product, they might also buy another, very similar product from a different company.
The word was made during theIrish Land War'.It comes from the name of CaptainCharles Boycott.Boycott was in charge of looking after the land of alandlordinCounty Mayo,Ireland.In 1880, thetenants(those whorented) wanted their rent lowered. Boycott refused, and threw them out of the land they had rented. The Irish Land League then proposed that instead of becomingviolent,everyone in the community should stop doing business with Captain Boycott. The captain was soon isolated. No one helped him with theharvest,no one worked in hisstablesor his house. Local businessmen no longer traded with him, thepostmanno longer delivered his post.
To get his harvest done, he had to hire 50 people from other counties, the countiesCavanandMonaghan.They were escorted to and from their work by 1000 policemen. Of course, this cost far more than what the harvest was worth.
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