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[โ€“] regul@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Most bananas used to enter the US through the port of New Orleans, purely by virtue of it being the closest port to where the majority were grown and with access to the Midwest via the Mississippi. Also the United Fruit Companies railroads in Central America were built with slave labor from New Orleans: https://archive.is/uxWGN

[โ€“] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Huh so actually they should be called Louisnana