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Brought to the port of Charleston in 1690 by African slaves, the re-emerged Carolina African Runner peanut is known as the first peanut planted in the American
by causality0 3y ago
Brought to the port of Charleston in 1690 by African slaves, the re-emerged Carolina African Runner peanut is known as the first peanut planted in the American colonies.
Fascinating that a plant native to and very widely cultivated in South America made it to the American colonies by way of Africa. Were they not grown by indigenous peoples in the North?
- mytailorisrich 3y agoAccording to Wikipedia it was available all the way North to at least Mexico since apparently that's where Europeans (Spanish conquistadors) encountered it.
- xhkkffbf 3y agoOne opinion is that it originated in either Brazil or Peru. Maybe the plants made it to Africa after the Europeans discovered America. Maybe they got to Africa by some other path. https://www.aboutpeanuts.com/all-about-peanuts/origin-history-of-peanuts https://www.aboutpeanuts.com/all-about-peanuts/origin-histor...