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Bartering becomes a modern day career (access required)

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Published: November 5,2004

Time posted: 1:00 am

They traded cows, skins, horses, tobacco, sugar, corn and probably jugs of whiskey in exchange for whatever goods they needed. From the Native Americans to the early settlers, bartering was the staple of the American economy before the invention of paper money in the 18th century. Although the dollar is the standard form of trade ...





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