Andrew Carnige.... He helped steel a major industry
<span>The </span>Middle Passage<span> was a triangular trade route between Africa, the New World, and Europe. This </span>passage<span> began in Europe, where ships were loaded with goods and sent to Africa, where they also traded African slaves.</span>
They fought for independence and freedom
I don't think it should be taken at face value because those ways could be the main ways to earn money, but it could probably be the least reliable or successful ways. This sentence could just be a lie taken literaly in which has a hidden meaning. This could be a meaning that you might not get, in which will leave you ripped off.