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I think it was the initial need for slaves in the Caribbean, which was later supplanted by sugar. https://history.howstuffworks.com/world-history/indigo.htm ht
by zeristor 3y ago
I think it was the initial need for slaves in the Caribbean, which was later supplanted by sugar.
https://history.howstuffworks.com/world-history/indigo.htm https://history.howstuffworks.com/world-history/indigo.htm
- hinkley 3y agoWe did something similar with cinnamon and Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Also moved to the Caribbean. Though now there are two plants we call cinnamon, and I think the new world mostly produces the other one, which is why Ceylon Cinnamon is a ‘thing’ now. Pepper was similarly more valuable than gold, but I don’t recall the sordid history on that one.