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Historic JamestowneFee collection inside the new Jamestown Visitor Center
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This African seasoning, according to Thomas Jefferson, “was brought to S. Carolina from Africa by the negroes…. They bake it in their bread, boil it with greens, enrich their broth, &c.”
 
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Buttercup flower in full bloom  

Did You Know?
The common dandelion, buttercup and white clover we see in Virginia today originally came from Europe.

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