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The ability to create wrought iron cheaply has been called one of the most significant innovations in the British Industrial Revolution. It's known today as the Cort process, named after British banker Henry Cort, who patented the technique. But Dr. Jenny Bulstrode, a historian at University College London (UCL), found that Cort stole the innovation from 76 Black enslaved ironworkers in Jamaica.
It has always been recognised that development requires innovation and the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) is essential. On Sunday, July 16, the Gleaner published an article by Dr Jenny Bulstrode of the University College of London.
UK-based newspaper The Guardian, in a recent report, is suggesting that the innovation behind England's rise as the world's leading iron exporter during the Industrial Revolution was actually appropriated from an 18th-century Jamaican foundry.