First published by UNC Press in 1972, Sugar and Slaves presents a vivid portrait of English life in the Caribbean more than three centuries ago. Using a host of contemporary primary sources, Richard Dunn traces the development of plantation slave society in the region. He examines sugar production techniques, the vicious character of the slave trade, the problems of adapting English ways to the tropics, and the appalling mortality rates for both blacks and whites that made these colonies the richest, but in human terms the least successful, in English America.
| ISBN: | 9780807848777 |
| Publication date: | 30th May 2000 |
| Author: | Richard S Dunn, Va Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture Williamsburg |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 359 pages |
| Series: | Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas History |
First published by UNC Press in 1972, Sugar and Slaves presents a vivid portrait of English life in the Caribbean more than three centuries ago. Using a host of contemporary primary sources, Richard Dunn traces the development of plantation slave society in the region. He examines sugar production techniques, the vicious character of the slave trade, the problems of adapting English ways to the tropics, and the appalling mortality rates for both blacks and whites that made these colonies the richest, but in human terms the least successful, in English America.
Sugar and Slaves features in the following genres: History of the Americas, History
Sugar and Slaves is available in Paperback
Sugar and Slaves was written by Richard S Dunn, Va Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture Williamsburg and published by The University of North Carolina Press
Sugar and Slaves has 359 pages