TIL that FDR’s grandfather, Warren Delano, made the Roosevelt family fortune by smuggling opium into China throughout the 19th century. A “fair, honorable, and legitimate” trade, according to him.

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TIL that FDR’s grandfather, Warren Delano, made the Roosevelt family fortune by smuggling opium into China throughout the 19th century. A “fair, honorable, and legitimate” trade, according to him.

TIL that FDR’s grandfather, Warren Delano, made the Roosevelt family fortune by smuggling opium into China throughout the 19th century. A “fair, honorable, and legitimate” trade, according to him. http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2017/07/31/opium-boston-history writersblockchain September 28, 2018 at 06:38PM

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TIL that FDR’s grandfather, Warren Delano, made the Roosevelt family fortune by smuggling opium into China throughout the 19th century. A “fair, honorable, and legitimate” trade, according to him.

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