TIL English industrialist stole iron technique from Black metallurgists - eviltoast

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    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.