Sugar and Slavery: An Economic History of the British West Indies, 1623-1775

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.

Author: Richard B. Sheridan
Publisher: Canoe Press (IL)
Published: 01/01/2000
Pages: 546
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 9.07h x 6.05w x 1.12d
ISBN13: 9789768125132
ISBN10: 9768125136
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economics | General
- History | Caribbean & West Indies | General