Boycotted?

The editor of Beacon Lights requested me to write an account of the troublous situation which has arisen because of and against our labors here in the Tripp-Menno area. The term “boycott” means: to combine against by refusing to deal with or associate with. It is the refusal of all dealings with a person or persons. The term seems to be connected with the person of Captain Boycott of Ireland, who in 1880-1881 was thus treated. Hence all action in which there is concerted effort not to deal...