TIL English industrialist stole iron technique from Black metallurgists
TIL English industrialist stole iron technique from Black metallurgists
www.newscientist.com English industrialist stole iron technique from Black metallurgists
A process for converting scrap metal into high-quality iron, which was crucial to the Industrial Revolution, was devised by Black metallurgists who were enslaved and transported to Jamaica by the British
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A metallurgical process that was crucial to the Industrial Revolution was invented by Black metallurgists, many of whom were enslaved – and not by British entrepreneur Henry Cort, who took the credit.
How very on brand.