Silk
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...the 6th cent. raw silk was brought from China, but death was the penalty for exporting silkworm eggs. About a.d. 550 two...The high cost of labor seems to have been the main deterrent to the success of sericulture in America. Bibliography...