Today we learned about the Spanish Main: trade convoy and piracy. In the late 16th century spices where very expensive. When native people would die they would be replaces by African slaves. There is a mine that is still used to this day, back then the miners would go to work on Monday morning and wouldn’t go back home until Saturday, and their wife’s would have to bring them food. Most pirates didn’t become rich because they spent their money on stuff as soon as they got it.
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