Plants featured in "Seeds of Survival and Celebration"
Click on each plant below to explore their connection to enslaved Africans and their descendants in the Americas.
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
Collard Greens
Brassica oleracea
Fish Pepper
Capsicum annuum ‘Fish Pepper’
African Bird’s-eye pepper
Capsicum frutescens ‘African Bird’s Eye’
Watermelon
Citrullus lanatus 'Sugar Baby Bush'
Taro
Colocasia esculentis
Cotton
Gossypium hirsutum
Indigo
Indigofera tinctoria
Sweet potato
Ipomoea batatas
Tobacco
Nicotiana tabacum
African Rice
Oryza glaberrima
Carolina Gold Rice
Oryza sativa 'Carolina Gold'
Pearl Millet
Pennisetum glaucum
Sugar cane
Saccharum officinarum
Gboma Eggplant
Solanum macrocarpon
Sorghum
Sorghum bicolor
Black-eyed Pea
Vigna unguiculata
Corn
Zea mays 'Orchard baby sweet corn'