Question: Why couldn't young P. T. Barnum or his father retaliate against Charity's father for striking him?
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23rd Dec 2017
23rd Dec 2017
Question: Why couldn't young P. T. Barnum or his father retaliate against Charity's father for striking him?
Answer: In those days that would be a normal punishment for P.T.'s behaviour. His father could have said something but did not want to lose a customer. P.T. also did not want his father to lose a customer because they knew getting money was worth taking the hit. If they had enough money to miss one customer it may have been different.
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