Publication

1973 - Norton, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

89,750 words, Guess

Page Count

359 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing451302
  • Goodreads2186162

Classifications

  • DDC309.1/729/03
  • LCCF2131 .D8 1973

Description

"Sugar and Slaves presents a vivid portrait of English life in the Caribbean more than three centuries ago. Using a host of contemporary primary source, 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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Series Statement

  • Norton library, N692

Other Editions

  • Sugar and slaves: the rise of the planter class in the English West Indies, 1624-1713Norton1973-01-01

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