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Also, about the use of beads as money. From what I understood, beads were used for bartering and trading, but not as such substituted money. There are some specific exceptions to this, but I think most countries at the time of the heyday of the trade in beads (1880-1930, I think) had some type of currency? Mostly from the nations that colonized them?
From an article by Peter Francis, I also understood that the Manhattan story of it being traded for beads is also somewhat of a myth. Which is a shame, because it is such a cool story...... ;-)