Empire Builders · EB-033

I signed the agreement in 1893. Rhodes controlled the only buyer. My mine had no other route to market.

I signed the agreement in front of me for six days before I signed it. My mine would sell every diamond we pulled from the ground through one channel controlled by Rhodes, and if we refused, we had no other buyer.

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