“Merchants of Addiction.” This article is an excerpt from Amitav Ghosh’s forthcoming Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories , which will be published in February by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. through most of human history, opium circulated in very small quantit ...
American Industrial Revolution and NEw England Opium merchant ChatGPT ChatGPT The American Industrial Revolution and the involvement of New England opium merchants are intertwined through historical trade networks and economic activities. ...
The Legacy of Slavery in the Caribbean and the Journey Towards Justice https://www.un.org/en/un-chronicle/legacy-slavery-caribbean-and-journey-towards-justice#:~:text=The%20Caribbean%20was%20at%20the,principal%20market%20for%20enslaved%20labour
Karl Marx made several remarks on the roles of slavery and the opium trade in the context of capitalism. Here are some key points: Slavery : Marx viewed slavery as a fundamental aspect of the historical development of capitalism . He saw the transatlantic slave trade and the use of sl ...
On this day Mar 22, 1901 Black Man and White Woman Arrested for Walking Together in Atlanta On March 22, 1901, a white woman and a Black man were arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, and accused of walking and talking together on Whitehall Street. In a news article entitled, “ Color Line Was Ignor ...
Boston Gardner Museum 的钱哪里来的? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lowell_Gardner The younger Gardner had financial interests besides shipping, such as railroads ( Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad )这是典型鸦片家族投资地 and mining ( Calumet and Hecla Mining Company ...