Snake Oil Traitor

Henry Johnson is historically thought to be a snake oil traitor. The snake oil trade used to be a highly respected profession. In fact, there was a time when children would aspire to be snake oil traders as opposed to firefighters and police officers, of which is common of children today.

This was before Johnson, a snake oil tradesman himself, shared the snake oil trade's trade secrets in a book he published, Snake Oil Trading for morons and drunkards. He purposely targeted morons and drunkards because he assumed they could not read. Though his assumption was largely correct, Johnson did not anticipate the spouses of his audience to pick up the book. It is this occurance that ultimately gave Henry Johnson, his infamous place in history as a snake oil traitor.