| Publication |
New York, Clarion Books, 2010.
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| Description |
166pWhite spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
Sugar has left a bloody trail through human history. Cane, not cotton or tobacco drove the Atlantic slave trade and took the lives of countless Africans who toiled on vast sugar plantations under cruel overseers. And yet the very popularity of sugar gave abolitionists in England the one tool that could finally end the slave trade. This book traces the history of sugar from its origins in New Guinea around 7000 B.C. to its use in the 21st century to produce ethanol.
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| Contents |
Prologue
From magic to spice
Hell
Freedom
Back to our stories: New workers, new sugar
Acknowledgements
Timeline
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| Standard Number |
9780618574926 Hb.
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