Nutmeg is native to the Banda Islands in Indonesia. Once Europeans discovered nutmeg, they had an enormous - often violent - impact on the islands it was growing on.

Research:
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Ghosh, Amitav. “The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis.” University of Chicago Press. 2021.
Godinez, Andrea. “3,500-year-old pumpkin spice? Archaeologists find the earliest use of nutmeg as a food.” University of Washington. Via EurekAlert. 10/3/2018. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/578241
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler. “The Clockmaker; or the Sayings and Doings of Sam Slick, of Slickville, to which is added, The Bubbles of Canada by the Same Author.” Paris, 1839.  https://books.google.com/books?id=jtssAAAAYAAJ
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Keyser, Hannah. “Why is Connecticut Called the “Nutmeg State”?.” Mental Floss. 9/26/2023. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55245/why-connecticut-called-nutmeg-state
Lohman, Sarah. “Why Early America Was Obsessed With Wooden Nutmegs.” Mental Floss. 4/24/2017. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/94734/why-early-america-was-obsessed-wooden-nutmegs
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Nutmeg is native to the Banda Islands in Indonesia. Once Europeans discovered nutmeg, they had an enormous - often violent - impact on the islands it was growing on.
Research:
<ul>
<li>Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "nutmeg". Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Oct. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/nutmeg. Accessed 22 November 2024.</li>
<li>Esarey, Logan. &ldquo;The Literary Spirit Among the Early Ohio Valley Settlers.&rdquo; The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 1918, pp. 143&ndash;57. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1886120. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.</li>
<li>Ghosh, Amitav. &ldquo;The Nutmeg&rsquo;s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis.&rdquo; University of Chicago Press. 2021.</li>
<li>Godinez, Andrea. &ldquo;3,500-year-old pumpkin spice? Archaeologists find the earliest use of nutmeg as a food.&rdquo; University of Washington. Via EurekAlert. 10/3/2018. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/578241</li>
<li>Haliburton, Thomas Chandler. &ldquo;The Clockmaker; or the Sayings and Doings of Sam Slick, of Slickville, to which is added, The Bubbles of Canada by the Same Author.&rdquo; Paris, 1839.&nbsp; https://books.google.com/books?id=jtssAAAAYAAJ</li>
<li>Hill, Daniel Harvey. &ldquo;Elements of Algebra.&rdquo; J.B. Lippincott &amp; Co. Philadelphia. 1857. https://books.google.com/books?id=5JoKAAAAYAAJ</li>
<li>Intermediate Technology Development Group. &ldquo;Processing of Nutmeg and Mace.&rdquo; https://archive.org/details/production_nutmeg_mace/</li>
<li>Keyser, Hannah. &ldquo;Why is Connecticut Called the &ldquo;Nutmeg State&rdquo;?.&rdquo; Mental Floss. 9/26/2023. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55245/why-connecticut-called-nutmeg-state</li>
<li>Lohman, Sarah. &ldquo;Why Early America Was Obsessed With Wooden Nutmegs.&rdquo; Mental Floss. 4/24/2017. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/94734/why-early-america-was-obsessed-wooden-nutmegs</li>
<li>Rampe, Amelia. &ldquo;Everything You Need to Know About Nutmeg.&rdquo; Food and Wine. 12/28/2022. https://www.foodandwine.com/nutmeg-what-it-is-and-how-to-use-it-7089902</li>
<li>Sasikumar*, B. &ldquo;Nutmeg - Origin, diversity, distribution and history.&rdquo; Journal of Spices and Aromatic Crops. Vol. 30, No. 2. 2021.</li>
<li>Spence, Charles. &ldquo;Nutmeg and mace: The sweet and savoury spices.&rdquo; International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science. Vol. 36, 2004.</li>
<li>The North American Review, vol. 15, no. 37, 1822, pp. 340&ndash;47. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25109151. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.</li>
<li>Weil, Andrew T. &ldquo;The use of nutmeg as a psychotropic agent.&rdquo; United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1966-01-01_4_page003.html</li>
<li>Winn, Philip. &ldquo;Slavery and cultural creativity in the Banda Islands.&rdquo; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , October 2010, Vol. 41, No. 3. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20778894</li>
</ul>

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