William <[log in to unmask]> wrote:On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:59:04 -0500, Todd Moody wrote:
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> Why would *anyone*, minority or not, undertake the labor-intensive
> cultivation of something that they regarded as only marginally edible?
>
Wheat was and is a political tool. That's why.
William
Thrashing wheat kept the slaves busy and the birds fed..... Oliva