Black History Month and Maple Syrup

[DRoseum]

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]

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]

Good to know ty for posting.

[Mr Sugar Maple]

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.