TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sumner,Judith
TI  - Plants in the Civil War: a botanical history 
SN  - 1476691312
AV  - SB108.U6 S86 2022
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Jefferson, North Carolina
PB  - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
KW  - Botany, Economic
KW  - Southern States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Blacks
KW  - Ethnobotany
KW  - America
KW  - Africa
KW  - Plants and civilization
KW  - Plants, Useful
KW  - Plants, Cultivated
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Civilization
KW  - African influences
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The botanical roots of slavery -- Plantation landscapes -- Agriculture and crops -- Foods and diet -- Medicinal botany and medical practice -- Gardens and horticulture -- Fibers and dyes -- Timber and wood
N2  - "Slavery was at the heart of the South's agrarian economy before and during the Civil War. Agriculture provided products essential to the war effort, from dietary rations to antimalarial drugs to raw materials for military uniforms and engineering. Drawing on a range of primary sources, this history examines the botany and ethnobotany of America's defining conflict. The author describes the diverse roles of cash crops, herbal medicine, subsistence agriculture and the diet and cookery of enslaved people"--
ER  -