Trade beads Trade beads Trade beads (sometimes called aggry and slave beads) were otherwise decorative glass beads used between the 16th and 20th century as a token money to exchange for goods, services and slaves (hence the name). Trade beads were used to African resources by early Europeans. This included African slave trade. The beads were integrated in Native American jewelry using various beadwork techniques. Aggry beads are a particular type of decorated glass bead from Ghana. Made to ease the passage of European explorers and then traders mainly across the African continents, the beads were made throughout Europe although the Venetians
Wampum, Pennsylvania informal union with Wampum Public Schools but never fully merged with Wampum, children in New Beaver have attended Big Beaver's successor Mohawk Area School District since Ellwood City absorbed Wampum Public Schools. Wampum, Pennsylvania Wampum is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 717 at the 2010 census. Wampum is located at (40.888657, -80.339650). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and , or 4.17%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 678 people, 290 households, and 182 families residing in