An African American man holding a large knife and an African American woman gathering stalks of sugarcane.

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Culinary Arts

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Crop, Ingredient, Physical Movement

Sugar Cane

Louisiana | 1751

Planted in French Louisiana in the mid-1700s, sugar cane became a major cash crop in the 1800s. Cultivated by enslaved Africans, sugar was so lucrative that it solidified demand for slavery. By 1845, Louisiana produced one-fourth of the world’s sugar.

Adopted By Dana Cowin