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A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to ten (years old) are now in demand.

Christopher Columbus
Girl, Demand, Nine
"Columbus Day? True Legacy: Cruelty and Slavery" by Eric Kasum, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 11, 2010.
A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to ten (years old) are now in demand.