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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New York :
Henry Holt & Company,
2026.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction: Life as testimony
- Pecan trees and the roots of stolen botanical knowledge
- Sycamore trees as a path to freedom
- The secret lives of willow trees
- Poplar trees bear strange fruit
- The sweeping promise of mulberry
- A haven for community in historic oak trees
- Cotton shrubs and seeds of subversion
- The gift of apple trees
- Conclusion: Black botanical legacy reclaimed.
