Date:   11/13/2008 8:47:04 PM ( 17 y ago)
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"The beans were still used as currency. Two hundred beans bought a turkey cock. One hundred beans was the daily wage of porter, and would buy a hen turkey or a rabbit; the price has really escalated in 30 years!"

Of course... he had flooded the market with currency (the plantation) and inflation was the inevitable result.

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