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The Success of the Sugar Trade Think of the last time you had sugar. Was it yesterday, earlier today, or even just a few minutes ago. Sugar is such an immense part of our everyday lives and it's hard to think about not having it around. Cane sugar is a member of the grass family and was the kind of sugar produced in the Sugar Trade. The British sugar industry began in 1655 in Jamaica and spread from there. Cane sugar grows best in humid, hot, and tropical areas so places like the Caribbean were great areas for it to be produced (document 2). For the workers on the plantations, it was not always a safe and enjoyable job. It was very hot and also some of the tools used were very dangerous. Consumer demand, labor, and capital were …show more content…
A hogshead was a large barrel the weighted between 700 and 1200 pounds. Each ship that went from the Caribbean to Great Britain carried around 65 of them. Also, everyone had the ability to try sugar at some point. Even if it was just the smallest amount. But, once the people tried sugar they had a great desire and craving for it (document 3a and 3b). Also, sugar was not just used on its own. Many foods and drinks that are very popular today including chocolate and tea include this sugar. This shows that the demand was even greater than just wanting sugar because it was also in the foods and drinks that everyone knew and loved (document 4). All these things show that people had a great desire for sugar a lot of the time weather it was just the sugar on its own or sugar in other very popular foods. Between the years of 1700 to 1770, the consumption of sugar per person went from 4.6 pounds to 16.2 pounds. The imports of sugar also greatly increased in that time period (document 5). Once sugar was introduced to the people, they were hooked and they continued to want more. Other foods and drinks that also included sugar also caused the consumer demand to go up. With the consumption rate also going up, great amounts of sugar were imported and …show more content…
For every 500 acres of land, 300 slaves were needed to do the work (document 6a). As a result of the many people working the plantations, they were able to get work done quickly and efficiently (document 8a and 8b). As a chart by Franklin w. Knight shows, in the different colonies the greater the slave population, the greater the tons of sugar that were produced. Even though slaves were expensive, the people could also trade for slaves through the triangle of trade. The things that they were trading for slaves were things that the people already had so it was not very hard to get a slave or even many slaves (document 10). The slaves and workers on sugar plantations help to get sugar produced in a timely fashion. It also helped them to produce a lot of sugar at a time because there were so many people working. In the long run, the people that put in the work were the slaves and paid workers, but the owners and businessmen who gained the money helped to start the plantations in the
The Success of the Sugar Trade Think of the last time you had sugar. Was it yesterday, earlier today, or even just a few minutes ago. Sugar is such an immense part of our everyday lives and it's hard to think about not having it around. Cane sugar is a member of the grass family and was the kind of sugar produced in the Sugar Trade. The British sugar industry began in 1655 in Jamaica and spread from there. Cane sugar grows best in humid, hot, and tropical areas so places like the Caribbean were great areas for it to be produced (document 2). For the workers on the plantations, it was not always a safe and enjoyable job. It was very hot and also some of the tools used were very dangerous. Consumer demand, labor, and capital were …show more content…
A hogshead was a large barrel the weighted between 700 and 1200 pounds. Each ship that went from the Caribbean to Great Britain carried around 65 of them. Also, everyone had the ability to try sugar at some point. Even if it was just the smallest amount. But, once the people tried sugar they had a great desire and craving for it (document 3a and 3b). Also, sugar was not just used on its own. Many foods and drinks that are very popular today including chocolate and tea include this sugar. This shows that the demand was even greater than just wanting sugar because it was also in the foods and drinks that everyone knew and loved (document 4). All these things show that people had a great desire for sugar a lot of the time weather it was just the sugar on its own or sugar in other very popular foods. Between the years of 1700 to 1770, the consumption of sugar per person went from 4.6 pounds to 16.2 pounds. The imports of sugar also greatly increased in that time period (document 5). Once sugar was introduced to the people, they were hooked and they continued to want more. Other foods and drinks that also included sugar also caused the consumer demand to go up. With the consumption rate also going up, great amounts of sugar were imported and …show more content…
For every 500 acres of land, 300 slaves were needed to do the work (document 6a). As a result of the many people working the plantations, they were able to get work done quickly and efficiently (document 8a and 8b). As a chart by Franklin w. Knight shows, in the different colonies the greater the slave population, the greater the tons of sugar that were produced. Even though slaves were expensive, the people could also trade for slaves through the triangle of trade. The things that they were trading for slaves were things that the people already had so it was not very hard to get a slave or even many slaves (document 10). The slaves and workers on sugar plantations help to get sugar produced in a timely fashion. It also helped them to produce a lot of sugar at a time because there were so many people working. In the long run, the people that put in the work were the slaves and paid workers, but the owners and businessmen who gained the money helped to start the plantations in the