Sugar: A Bittersweet HistorySugar: A Bittersweet History offers a perceptive and provocative investigation of a commodity that most of us savour every day yet know little about. Impressively researched and commandingly written, this thoroughly engaging book follows the history of sugar to the present day. It is a revealing look at how sugar changed the nature of meals, fuelled the Industrial Revolution, generated a brutal new form of slavery, and jumpstarted the fast-food revolution. |
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... rebels planned to set fire to entire towns and kill the whites who ran out to extinguish the flames . Back on the plantations , the slaves would overpower their overseers and assume control . The rebellion began at 1 A.M. on Easter ...
... rebels planned to set fire to entire towns and kill the whites who ran out to extinguish the flames . Back on the plantations , the slaves would overpower their overseers and assume control . The rebellion began at 1 A.M. on Easter ...
Page 211
... Rebels , was captured and hung up in chains . Before he could be cut down and burned , he died . Another rebel leader was condemned to be burned . " The wretch , " Thistlewood wrote , " was made to sit on the ground , and his body being ...
... Rebels , was captured and hung up in chains . Before he could be cut down and burned , he died . Another rebel leader was condemned to be burned . " The wretch , " Thistlewood wrote , " was made to sit on the ground , and his body being ...
Page 420
... Rebels , PP . 157-58 . 346. Vallentine Morris , quoted in Gaspar , Bondsmen and Rebels , P. 220 . 347. Quoted in McDonald , Between Slavery and Freedom , p . 119 . 348. Beckles , Natural Rebels , pp . 66–68 , 159 . 349. Quoted in ...
... Rebels , PP . 157-58 . 346. Vallentine Morris , quoted in Gaspar , Bondsmen and Rebels , P. 220 . 347. Quoted in McDonald , Between Slavery and Freedom , p . 119 . 348. Beckles , Natural Rebels , pp . 66–68 , 159 . 349. Quoted in ...
Contents
The Oriental Delight Conquers the West | 9 |
The Africanization of the Cane Fields | 75 |
The World the Whites Made | 121 |
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