Episode 203: Slaves for Peanuts
Host Hopeton Hay discussed how peanuts developed into a cash crop and impacted slavery in colonial Senegal in his interview with Jori Lewis, author of SLAVES FOR PEANUTS: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History. Jori Lewis is an award–winning journalist who writes about agriculture and the environment. Her web site is https://www.jorilewis.com/.
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