Being a dog lover, the connection between them and the canines of the wild is another which we’ll never know exactly how they progressed.
Agriculture- The south is indebted to George Washington Carver who realized that after years of planting cotton, the soil was depleted of nutrients. The first to suggest a rotation of peanut/cotton crops to instigate bringing back King Cotton. An educated black man who made a true contribution to America.
Recently a documentary was seen which gave credit to the tobacco industry for many of the new settlements in the new world. Tobacco was the plant that created wealth, exploration of new lands. This was found to be very ironic at this particular time.