How Did The Sugar Revolution Affect Society

The American Revolution as well as the Haitian Revolution both helped people of African descent to obtaining their freedom. However, the overall life of blacks in North America did not fluctuate after either democratic revolutions. Slavery was still a driving force in society and was the foundation of the south's economy. It may have raised awareness, spark controversy over the morality of slavery, and free`d myriad of slaves, but the fact remains that the world was set back into balance after both of these revolutionary events. The plantation revolutions that centered around staple crop production had a severe impact on people of African descent across the New World. Regardless of one's location, the effects of sugar revolution and the cotton revolution were significant in the grave role …show more content…
Production on on small farms shifted to large plantations to accommodate for the increase demand for the cash crop. Therefore, planters found it necessary to increase the importation of slaves to meet the demand for labor. In doing so, planters shifted away from allocating indentured servants to meet agricultural labor to solely relying on slaves(Lecture.Sept.16) Barbadoes is an exceptional example of how the sugar revolution affected people of African descent. In “1629, 97% of people in Barbadoes were white and only 3% black”.(Lecture. Sept 16). In 1786, only 21% of the population of Barbadoes were white, leaving the remainder of 79% being occupied by blacks. Therefore, the fluctuation of population of blacks illustrate that the importation of slaves were vital during the sugar revolution. The shift from a predominately white population to a black population as well as a slave society was the outcome of the sugar revolution. The sugar revolution generated a massive boost to the Atlantic slave trade and increased the Europeans interest in the tropical colonies.” The trickle down effect of this would