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Author Lewis, Jori, author.

Title Slaves for peanuts : a story of conquest, liberation, and a crop that changed history / Jori Lewis.

Publication Info. New York : The New Press, 2022.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2206473~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  306.362 LEW    AVAILABLE
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Description xiii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary "A stunning work of popular history-the story of how a crop transformed the history of slavery. 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 officially banned it in the territories they controlled"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-362) and index.
Subject Slavery -- Africa, West.
Agricultural laborers -- Africa, West.
Peanut industry -- Africa, West.
ISBN 9781620971567 (hardcover)
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