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New World Economies: Sugar and the Atlantic Slave T rade I do not know if coffee and sugar are essential to the happiness of Europe, but I know well that these two products have accounted for the unhappiness of two great regions of the

New World Economies: Sugar and the Atlantic Slave T rade
“I do not know if coffee and sugar are essential to the happiness of Europe, but I know well that these two products have accounted for the unhappiness of two great regions of the world: America has been depopulated so as to have land on which to plant them; Africa has been depopulated so as to have the people to cultivate them.” — J.H. Bernardin de Saint Pierre (1773)
Contexts for the Slave T rade immediate precedents for slave trading competition for empire among Europeans technological advances the role of consumption
English Sugar Consumption (by hogsheads) Consumed Exported 150,000 110,000 112,500 100,000 75,000 50,000 37,500 18,000 18,000 6,000 2,000 1,000 0 1660 1700 1730 1753
1. The Economic Logic of an Immoral T rade Why in America and not Africa? Parts of an Answer: African resistance Indifference to trade The Heart of the Answer: Disease
2. Sugar Rush: The Plantation System in World Historical Context Model Mercantilism (see definition) Producing consumption, consuming production The Plantation System as Agro- Industrial Revolution
2. Sugar Rush: The Plantation System in World Historical Context Model Mercantilism (see definition) Producing consumption, consuming production The Plantation System as Agro- Industrial Revolution
Industrial features of plantation system: disciplined under one authority organization of labor time consciousness separation of production and consumption sites separation of workers from his tools
3. The Anatomy of a Sugar Plantation The Land The Structures The Labor
Holing in Antigua
Planting cane in Antigua
Harvesting cane in Antigua
Milling cane in Antigua
Plantation estate in Jamaica
Workers’ quarters in Jamaica, c. 19 8 0
Slave trading in Rio
Slave trading in Rio

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