Yankee traders is a term used historically to refer to

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merchants and drug smugglers, particularly around the turn of the 19th century. Many of the Yankee traders came from

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or other New England ports — hence the appellation "

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". They were reputed to be particularly shrewd and independent.

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A Yankee Trader in Yap: Crayton Philo Holcomb
19th century in the United States 19th-century economic history Economic history of the United States {{US-hist-stub