Reviving a Crop and an African-American Culture, Stalk by Stalk

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Reviving a Crop and an African-American Culture, Stalk by Stalk

On the Georgia coast, Maurice Bailey is making sugar cane syrup as a way to preserve a tradition, and the community, of his enslaved ancestors.

Dec. 8, 2020SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. — Fall is cane syrup season in pockets of the Deep South, where people still …

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