The True Story of Vanilla: How Edmond Albius Made History -- Ann Richards, Hardcover

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The True Story of Vanilla: How Edmond Albius Made History -- Ann Richards, Hardcover"Moving and bittersweet Discusses the reality of slavery and the racial violence and prejudice formerly enslaved individuals experienced." Booklist, starred review In 1841, a 12 year old enslaved boy, Edmond Albius, made history when he discovered how to hand pollinate vanilla plants using a bamboo twig. Until that time, only bees in Mexico could pollinate the plant botanists couldn't figure out another way. With his master, Edmond travelled around

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