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Loading... Sugar and Slavery: An Economic History of the British West Indies, 1623-1775by Richard B. Sheridan
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book covers the changing preference of growing sugar rather than tobacco which had been the leading crop in the trans-Atlantic colonies. The Sugar Islands were Antigua, Barbados, St. Christopher, Dominica, and Cuba through Trinidad. Jamaica has been by far the major producer of sugar, but The Lesser Antilles had the advantage of a shorter sea trip to deliver produce and rum to the European Markets during the 18th and 19th Centuries. no reviews | add a review
Sugar and Slaves presents a vivid portrait of English life in the Caribbean more than three centuries ago. Dunn examines sugar production techniques, the vicious character of the slave trade, the problems of adapting English ways to the tropics, and the appalling mortality rates for both blacks and whites that made these colonies the richest, but in human terms the least successful, in English America. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)330.9729Social sciences Economics Economics Economic geography and history North America Mexico, Central America, and the CaribbeanLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |