New Evidence Suggests Innovation Stolen from enslaved Jamaican Metallurgists Contributed to Britains Economic Dominance in the 18th Century

The Industrial Revolution, which began in Great Britain in the mid-18th century, brought significant changes in manufacturing and disruption in the social and economic conditions of the time. An important element facilitating the growth of Britain’s economic dominance was its ability to turn scrap metal into bar (wrought) iron, a process originally attributed to British […]