Ida Bae Wells

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones

"The slave plantations of the West Indies became the largest market for American fish, oats, corn, flour, lumber, peas, beans, hogs, and horses. New Englanders distilled molasses produced by slaves in the French and Dutch West Indies into rum." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 15, 2022

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"But it wasn't just slave traders or New World planters who benefited from the slave trade. American ship owners, farmers, and fisherman also profited from slavery. Slavery played a pivotal role in the growth of commercial capitalism in the colonies." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 15, 2022

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AFRICAN PEOPLE WERE LITERALLY THE MAIN LABOR FORCE IN THE COLONIES. "Before the 19th century, most immigrants to the New World were African. According to one recent estimate, about 80 percent of women immigrants and 90 percent of child immigrants came from Africa." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 15, 2022