On the record
A recent resident in the region of the Yukon assures me that he has seen skins worth several hundred dollars bartered for goods worth only fifty cents.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “A recent resident in the region of the Yukon assures me that he has seen skins worth several hundred dollars bartered…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner shares a contemporary account of the fur trade, highlighting the significant disparity in barter value.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.
Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.
Other voices in this conversation
