A Drop of History

@jaylar (2010)
Kingston, Jamaica
August 5, 2025 11:10am CST
When Haiti became Independent trade restrictions were implemented o punish. To avoid, Haiti would bring indigo to Jamaica and we'd sell it as if it was grown locally. So countries in Europe bought Jamaican Indigo. Took a long time for Europe to figure out that we didn't grow indigo. Expect similar actions being taken by countries which have been slapped with high tariffs.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (87950)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 Aug
Tariffs are not a friend to anyone,
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kay lar
@jaylar (2010)
• Kingston, Jamaica
5 Aug
esp. not now where there are so many other markets
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The Horse
@TheHorse (229617)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Aug
What is indigo? Where did it really come from?
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kay lar
@jaylar (2010)
• Kingston, Jamaica
5 Aug
indigo is a plant from which a dye is made. It was an export from Haiti..(then Saint Dominque) when the revolution happened no one would buy anything from Haiti so we sold it as if it was local. There are a lot of things we sold as our own... secretly. I suspect, for example, Brasil will be shipping coffee here.. (we grow coffee) and we will sell it for them as our own product.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (178290)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Aug
Oh, of course. Those tariffs.
kay lar
@jaylar (2010)
• Kingston, Jamaica
6 Aug
We'll keep it quiet... America will never figure it out.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (481538)
• Italy
6 Aug
It's already happening, I have read yesterday that this is exactly what China is already doing.
Anna
@LadyDuck (481538)
• Italy
6 Aug
@jaylar I was just reading that Spain has shelved plans to buy F-35 fighter jets, manufactured by U.S. They are going to buy European. Well done, I hope that all the others follow.
kay lar
@jaylar (2010)
• Kingston, Jamaica
6 Aug
@LadyDuck It is long over due. Less trade with the US less US involvement in their business. Better to buy from those who don't 'weaponize' the products
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kay lar
@jaylar (2010)
• Kingston, Jamaica
6 Aug
And unless they are told, America won;t catch on. The thing about America is that as they believe in their superiority they'd never imagine we have brains and abilities
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (20889)
• United States
12 Aug
Interesting history.
kay lar
@jaylar (2010)
• Kingston, Jamaica
12 Aug
it has been repeated, but this bit we know here
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