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Indigo production fell by half in the world between 1783 and 1789.

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The above statement is true;
When the French started cultivating indigo in St. Domingue in the Caribbean islands, not only the French, but the Portuguese in Brazil, the Spanish in Venezuela, and the English in Jamaica also started indigo cultivation. Still, the demand for Indian indigo was growing. In the eighteenth century, Britain's industrialisation took pace, and their cotton production also increased, creating a new high demand for Indian indigo for cloth dyes. For some reason, after the demand increased for indigo, the supplies from America and the West Indies fell. But by the end of the eighteenth century, indigo production fell by half worldwide between 1783 and 1789. The cloth dyers have begun looking for another source of indigo.

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