![]() ![]() In 1871, Adams received a patent on a gum-making machine and began mass producing chicle-based gum. He gave some to a local store to see if people would buy it. Adams had noticed that Santa Anna liked to chew the chicle (the Mayans chewed chicle).ĭisappointed with the rubber experiments, Adams boiled a small batch of chicle in his kitchen to create a chewing gum. However, his efforts at vulcanization failed. ![]() Adams, a photographer and inventor, intended to vulcanize the chicle for use as a rubber substitute. He persuaded Thomas Adams of Staten Island, New York to buy it. ![]() He brought a ton of Mexican chicle with him, in hopes of selling it to raise funds to help him return to power in his own country. In 1869, exiled former Mexican president and general, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (infamous for his victory over the Alamo defenders) was living in New Jersey. Black Jack is an aniseed flavored chew made by Cadbury Adams. ![]()
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