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The Meaning of Food

Cherokee Trail of Tears Bean

“Cherokee Trail of Tears Bean”
Shiny jet-black seeds. This bean was carried over the Trail of Tears, the infamous winter death march from October 1838 in the Smoky Mountains to March 26, 1839 in Oklahoma, leaving a trail of 4,000 graves