The sandy soil of West Africa was primed to farm peanuts. As the popularity of the legume increased, so did the need for labor. In the book “Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History,” journalist Jori Lewis dives into how peanut cultivation in Senegal supported the rise and fall of slavery.
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