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Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History

Jori Lewis

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Description:A stunning work of popular history—the story of how a single crop transformed the history of slavery.Americans consume over 1.5 billion pounds of peanut products every year. But few of us know the peanut’s tumultuous history, or its intimate connection to slavery and freedom.Lyrical and powerful, Slaves for Peanuts deftly weaves together the natural and human history of a crop that transformed the lives of millions. Author Jori Lewis reveals how demand for peanut oil in Europe ensured that slavery in Africa would persist well into the twentieth century, long after the European powers had official banned it in the territories they controlled.Delving deep into West African and European archives, Lewis recreates a world on the coast of Africa that is breathtakingly real and unlike anything modern readers have experienced. Slaves for Peanuts is told through the eyes of a set of richly detailed characters—from an African-born French missionary harboring fugitive slaves, to the leader of a Wolof state navigating the politics of French imperialism—who challenge our most basic assumptions of the motives and people who supported human bondage.At a time when Americans are grappling with the enduring consequences of slavery, here is a new and revealing chapter in its global history.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History. To get started finding Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 352

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: The New Press

Release: 2022

ISBN: 1620971569

Description: A stunning work of popular history—the story of how a single crop transformed the history of slavery.Americans consume over 1.5 billion pounds of peanut products every year. But few of us know the peanut’s tumultuous history, or its intimate connection to slavery and freedom.Lyrical and powerful, Slaves for Peanuts deftly weaves together the natural and human history of a crop that transformed the lives of millions. Author Jori Lewis reveals how demand for peanut oil in Europe ensured that slavery in Africa would persist well into the twentieth century, long after the European powers had official banned it in the territories they controlled.Delving deep into West African and European archives, Lewis recreates a world on the coast of Africa that is breathtakingly real and unlike anything modern readers have experienced. Slaves for Peanuts is told through the eyes of a set of richly detailed characters—from an African-born French missionary harboring fugitive slaves, to the leader of a Wolof state navigating the politics of French imperialism—who challenge our most basic assumptions of the motives and people who supported human bondage.At a time when Americans are grappling with the enduring consequences of slavery, here is a new and revealing chapter in its global history.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History. To get started finding Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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