Summary

A new book, Ricardo’s Dream by Nat Dyer, reveals that Sir Isaac Newton’s wealth was closely tied to the transatlantic slave trade during his tenure as master of the mint at the Bank of England.

Newton profited from gold mined by enslaved Africans in Brazil, much of which was converted into British currency under his oversight, earning him a fee for each coin minted.

While Newton’s scientific legacy remains untarnished, the book highlights his financial entanglement with slavery, a common thread among Britain’s banking and finance elites of the era.

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      8 days ago

      I hate the way that now you can

      Write a poem that doesn’t scan

      If it doesn’t even line up right

      It’s just someone talking shite

      Especially if it doesn’t rhyme

      It’s definitely the fault of the people who invented haiku

      Cunts