English industrialist stole iron technique from Black metallurgists
www.newscientist.com
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

The Article is paywalled. Sorry for that

  • money_loo@geddit.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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.