Sugar: A Bittersweet HistoryDuckworth Overlook, 2009 - 453 páginas In 'Sugar', Elizabeth Abbott takes a spoonful of sugar & tells its extraordinary story, from its origins in the South Pacific, to the way it transformed eating habits in the 19th century, fuelled the Industrial Revolution, & generated a brutal new form of slavery & colonial oppression in the developing world. |
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... ships had to wait for months for a full cargo of Africans . Embittered and despairing , or horribly ill , the Africans often refused to eat . Then sailors force - fed them , even if the process broke teeth or choked them . Disease ...
... ships had to wait for months for a full cargo of Africans . Embittered and despairing , or horribly ill , the Africans often refused to eat . Then sailors force - fed them , even if the process broke teeth or choked them . Disease ...
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A Bittersweet History Elizabeth Abbott. ships and manufacturing the items to be traded for Africans . The slave ships and their sailors generated enormous orders for coils of lashing to caulk ships , rope , fabric for uniforms , canvas ...
A Bittersweet History Elizabeth Abbott. ships and manufacturing the items to be traded for Africans . The slave ships and their sailors generated enormous orders for coils of lashing to caulk ships , rope , fabric for uniforms , canvas ...
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... ships . Regular ships had scheduled runs to specific islands , and their captains developed relations with the planters who entrusted them with their valuable and perishable cargo . Ships often had other routes in addition to their ...
... ships . Regular ships had scheduled runs to specific islands , and their captains developed relations with the planters who entrusted them with their valuable and perishable cargo . Ships often had other routes in addition to their ...
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The Oriental Delight Conquers the West | 9 |
The Africanization of the Cane Fields | 75 |
The World the Whites Made | 121 |
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