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#OnThisDay 228 years ago: Slaves in Saint-Domingue gather at Bois Caïman for a secret #voodoo ceremony, kicking-off the Haitian Revolution.
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How it helped end the French slave trade in Chapter 26 of my well-timed #IndustrialRevolutions #podcast
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#history #haiti #revolutions
Henry Maudslay (1771-1831) not only made great industrial machines, but also trained several future industrialists.
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Learn all about him in Chapter 14 of the #industrialrevolutions #podcast, available now (follow link in bio).
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#industrialrevolution #history #inventors
Gossypium barbadense - one of the four species of a plant that changed the world. Chapter 5 of the #IndustrialRevolutions #podcast - "The Textile Industry" - available now.
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#history #historypodcasts #cotton #textiles #manufacturing #industrialrevolution #inventions
Did a Raffle Stream last night, and here's the result of the second winner. IndustrialRevolutions