Once They Got There
Their suffering did not end once they got to the plantations. Louise Miller Cohen is the Hilton Head Island Gullah Museum founder. In January 2020, she told Atlas Obscura, “If [reparations were] attached to indigo, they would do everything possible to keep the word from ever being mentioned.” The demand for indigo, however, did not last all that long.
Once They Got There
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The Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War erupted in 1775 and ended in 1783. Once the conflict came to an end, the Thirteen Colonies gained independence at last. This then led to the foundation of the United States of America. The trade of indigo crashed several years after the Declaration of Independence was signed.
The Revolutionary War
