Gantessa Sierra Stone

The Bitter Side of Sweet Barbados Sugar Economy: A Tragic Exploitation. The introduction of the "plantation system" changed the island's economy. Big estates owned by rich planters controlled the landscape, with oppressed Africans providing the labour required to sustain the demanding procedure of planting, harvesting, and processing sugarcane. This system generated enormous wealth for the colony and solidified its location as a key player in the Atlantic trade. But African slaves toiled in perilous conditions, and many died in the infamous Boiling room, as you will see next: Boiling Sugar: A Lealthal Task Producing sugar in the 17th and 18th centuries was  a perilous procedure. After gathering and crushing the sugarcane, its juice was boiled in enormous cast iron kettles until it took shape as sugar. These pots, typically set up in a series called a"" train"" were warmed by blazing fires that enslaved Africans had to stir constan...