On September 6, 1856, Abisha Slade of Caswell County ... cured the tobacco quickly, leaving it with a vivid yellow color. Stephen’s accidental discovery became what is known in the industry as ...

In any case, tobacco became a cash crop in the colonies, eventually spurring one of North Carolina’s first industries. The industry boomed in the 1880s when flue-cured, bright leaf tobacco ...

Flue-cured tobacco reigned for ... in a field in eastern Wake County in 2020. Scott Sharpe [email protected] Read next: ‘I’m afraid this year’: NC without the golden leaf was once ...