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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 160

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51 … How Peanuts Came To America NEARLY three hundred years ago, ships beganbringing negro slaves to this country from Africa.Do you know what those black men ate on their longjourney ? Peanuts. For peanuts grew plentifully in Africa, and wereused as food. These African nuts tasted so good thatAmericans…

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