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The early Dutch settlers raised hogs on Long Island. Perhaps the largest industry was fur trading with the Iroquois Indians to the north around Fort Orange with became known as Albany. Since the Dutch and other nationalities were traders , they began the triangle trade: molasses, rum, and fur. The molasses from Carribean Islands which was made into rum, and rum for slaves from the Gold Coast of Africa. My ancestors dealt in land, slaves, furs , rum etc.
Among the settlers were Swedes, Dutch, and English. One of the Oldest Synagogues in the New World was in the New Netherlands. Dutch belonged to the Dutch Reform Church, and the English to the Anglican Church.
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∙ 15y agoI think it was very prosperous. ***
As with many colonies, the settlers had mainly a subsistence economy, growing their own crops and livestock to provide food, leather, and wool and cutting timber to make their own houses.
Timber was also sold to shipping companies to provide money for trade goods such as paper (for writing, books), glass (cups, windows), and metal (to make plows, tools) as well as foodstuffs not grown in the Northeast, such as tea and sugar.
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