Historians expose early scientists' debt to the slave trade
Monday, November 25, 2019
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In a world or research and discovery, where endeavors cost money, it is unlikely that any scientist would climb the ladder of recognition without profiting from business schemes that are exploitative. When we think of Isaac Newton today, people think of the theory of gravity. But very few people think of Newton's connections to the upper echelons of London’s financial world, which tied to the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. This article take a look at the connection between science and wealth, and there sources of wealth.
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