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The Rice Empire Slaves Built, and a President Almost Hanged For!
The 9,000-year story of rice, the enslaved Africans whose genius built a fortune, and the US President who smuggled it into the country. But wait, there's more!
Believe it or not, half of everyone in the world eats rice every single day, and most of us have a bag sitting of it sitting somewhere in our kitchen pantry. If this is you, we're guessing that you don't know that it also holds over 9,000 years of history and has nearly 120,000 varieties! We didn't!
This week on Family Tree Food & Stories, Nancy May and Sylvia Lovely share some surprising facts and the history of rice. From Chinese…
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