The committees of correspondence were powerful because they were the shadow governments of the Thirteen Colonies when the United States was still under the rule of the British government. Since they rallied opposition to the British government, this paved the way for a patriotic union of the thirteen colonies, which later set up the American Revolution to be independent of British rule. The committee of correspondence was the leadership of most of the communities, so there were about 8,000 patriots who served, making it a big leadership position which maintained a significant amount of power.
In Sub - Saharan trade, gold , salt and slaves were the most important commodities.
Gold came from Bambuk in the valley of the Senegal where there was a lot of alluvial gold. Rock salt came from areas in the Sahara which were once covered by inland seas. Its extraction, in large blocks under the blazing sun, was appalling work carried out by slaves.
Slaves mainly came from around the region of Lake Chad, where the Zaghawa tribes made a habit of raiding their neighbors and selling them to Arab purchasers in the north.
Other important commodities were cola nuts, dates, copper and brass.
The Aleut and Inuit mainly relied on seafood.
seals, whales, walruses
Menelaus asks his brother, King Agamemnon, for assistance.
