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textiles are money and more stable then certain economies
— Jul 13, 2024 01:06AM
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came in wanting to learn about how people created textiles.
halfway through first chapter
find out that from the beginning the cotton plant grown and picked by slaves where.
stolen from mexico in the early 1800s
the guy who stole them was sent by a friend of aaron burr (yes him) to get money to start their own country
smuggled the seeds in a doll
died penniless
further exacerbated western expansion and the civil war
— Jun 29, 2024 12:51AM
halfway through first chapter
find out that from the beginning the cotton plant grown and picked by slaves where.
stolen from mexico in the early 1800s
the guy who stole them was sent by a friend of aaron burr (yes him) to get money to start their own country
smuggled the seeds in a doll
died penniless
further exacerbated western expansion and the civil war
