When trees testify science, wisdom, history, and America's Black botanical legacy
"The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement; poplar trees are historically associated with lynching; and willow...
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2026.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Montgomery, Beronda L., |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a When trees testify : |b science, wisdom, history, and America's Black botanical legacy / |c Beronda L. Montgomery. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Henry Holt & Company, |c 2026. | |
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| 300 | |a xli, 275 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 22 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-270). | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Preface -- |t Introduction: Life as testimony -- |t Pecan trees and the roots of stolen botanical knowledge -- |t Sycamore trees as a path to freedom -- |t The secret lives of willow trees -- |t Poplar trees bear strange fruit -- |t The sweeping promise of mulberry -- |t A haven for community in historic oak trees -- |t Cotton shrubs and seeds of subversion -- |t The gift of apple trees -- |t Conclusion: Black botanical legacy reclaimed. |
| 520 | |a "The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement; poplar trees are historically associated with lynching; and willow bark has offered the gift of medicine. These trees, and others, testify not only to the complexity of the Black American narrative but also to a heritage of Black botanical expertise that, like Native American traditions, predates the United States entirely. In When Trees Testify, award-winning plant biologist Beronda L. Montgomery explores the ways seven trees--as well as the cotton shrub--are intertwined with Black history and culture. She reveals how knowledge surrounding these trees has shaped America since the very beginning. As Montgomery shows, trees are material witnesses to the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants. Combining the wisdom of science and history with stories from her own path to botany, Montgomery talks to majestic trees, and in this unique and compelling narrative, they answer." -- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Trees |z United States |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Black people |x Ethnobotany |z United States |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African Americans |x Ethnobotany |z United States |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Traditional ecological knowledge |z United States |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Ethnobotany |z United States |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American biologists |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Plants and civilization |z United States |x History. | |
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