Throughout history there has always been a link between black Friday sale and the sale of black slaves which was prevalent in the United States of America.
The November 24 is today a global phenomenon which has become very popular especial in the retail sector globally. Where did it actually start?
There are way too many rumors that always circulate on social media platforms that attempt to provide answers to this mythical question. What tends to dominate all other ideas is that Black Friday started as a day when slaves were sold at a huge discount.
Those who are opposed to this idea always argue that the very first documented application of the term 'Black Friday' was used long after trading of slaves came to a stop in America. To many, this justification has never been acceptable at all.
There are also rumours that the term 'Black Friday' was first coined in 1951 by company in America. One thing though that we know for a fact is that it slave trade started in America and the black Friday term also started in America. Could this be a coincidence?
There is also a section of people globally who believe that fed-up police officers from Philadelphia coined the term "Black Friday" to describe the general chaos on the street caused by the people who did not want to go to work the day after Thanksgiving. Again, this was in America.
Is it not very much interesting though that in the United Kingdom Black Friday has a different term. They call it Mad Friday. Ever heard of that? Here the term is used to refer to the last Friday before Christmas.
One can conclude that there seems to be no truth about Black Friday although it is very clear that no one has been able to successful dispute the notion that it refers to the sale of slaves in America around the 1700s.
