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    Interesting history regarding the influence of maple sugar/syrup against slavery:

    https://www.sugartree.run/2019/02/bl...-sugaring.html
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    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.

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    Good to know ty for posting.
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    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.
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