Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: his issue of Transylvania Treasures details the growing of hemp and production of hemp products and proposes that this plant-by virtue of its status as the major cash crop in Kentucky in the early nineteenth century-was vital to Transylvania University's existence in those early years. Transylvania and Its Hemp Connectionis presented in two parts:Early History & Finances concerns the nascent history of Transylvania Seminary/University, its financial struggles, and the early history of hemp in America-particularly Kentucky.Five Transylvania trustees are highlighted because of their support of the university, which derived in part from their hemp-based wealth. Hemp in Agriculture & Manufacturingdiscusses the agricultural and manufacturing aspects of hemp during the early 1800s in Kentucky, and notably in Lexington.
Author: Charles T. Ambrose
Language: English
Subfield: General Social Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1905750076