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Between 1783 and 1789, the production of indigo in the world fell by half.

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The French first cultivated the indigo on the Caribbean islands of St. Domingue, followed by the Portuguese in Brazil, the English in Jamaica, and the Spanish in Venezuela. Indigo farms sprouted up all over North America. The demand for Indian indigo increased significantly by the eighteenth century. Britain began to industrialise it as cotton production increased enormously, resulting in a massive new need for fabric dyes. While demand for indigo grew, existing supplies from the West Indies and America dried up for a variety of reasons. Thus, between 1783 and 1789, the world's indigo production plummeted by half. Cloth dyers in the United Kingdom were desperate for new sources of indigo. Consequently, global indigo production decreased by 50% between 1783 and 1789.

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