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DRoseum
02-01-2020, 06:44 AM
Interesting history regarding the influence of maple sugar/syrup against slavery:

https://www.sugartree.run/2019/02/black-history-and-maple-sugaring.html

old tom
02-01-2020, 06:28 PM
Thank you very much for that article. I knew that Mr. Jefferson was trying to make us independent of the west indies for sugar but never so it in this lite before.

woodguyrob
02-07-2020, 03:33 PM
Good to know ty for posting.

Mr Sugar Maple
02-09-2020, 11:35 AM
Thanks for the history of maple sugar, too bad our sugar did not take off, and who knew it was a was a way stop slavery.