Hancock claimed to have invented vulcanization independently, and received a British patent, initiated in 1843, but finalized in 1844.
The more crops there are, that means that there's gonna be more resources. Which will mean that more people will be able to live in a town, because if there are less resources and less crops then more people will starve and die out way before they can reproduce. If they cant keep reproducing and be able to feed their children, then the town will become smaller and smaller until its completely vanished.
The "Gospel of Wealth' was meant to be invested into charities and be an 'example to the poor'
To me, this quote sounds something like civil rights leader Malcolm X would say, or someone from the Black Panther Party. Malcolm X believed in black supremacy and thought that black people should use any method possible to be equal to whites. The Black Panther Party, however, believed that blacks needed to take control and the would do any means possible to achieve this.
Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos, Mulattoes, Native Americans and Africans.