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#TBT: April 30, 2026

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#TBT: April 30, 2026

On April 30, German Consul Max Biermann reported from American Samoa to Leo von Caprivi (the Chancellor of the German Empire) in 1894 that wars among Samoan factions had halted the copra trade, disrupted food production, and forced islanders to rely on German plantations for survival.

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