Africa
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New Year Luck and the Black-Eyed Pea
While many plantation owners relied heavily on the agricultural knowledge, labor organization, and crop‑specific skills of enslaved people, owners and contemporary histories often minimize, ignore, or reframe that expertise. The History This post…
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Morocco and Origins
When I ask students to think about their favorite foods and then explore where and when the ingredients were domesticated, they are always surprised by something. Tomatoes are from the Americas, not Italy?!…
