The Haitian Revolution: Sugar Cane In The 18th Century

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In the 18th Century the world was taking full advantage of the transatlantic route. With the declining and the over expensive value of what it takes to make and produce tobacco. Nations such as the Spanish Britain and France found a new source of the trade value in sugar. Sugar canes, usually found in hot, warm temperatures most importantly in the Saint-Domingue, an island located in the West Indies that produced the most sugar canes. This island became the 2nd highest population aside from Brazil. With more production means more slaves hands need to harbor the sugar cane. Already in the middle of a French Revolution themselves France would soon face one of their surprising defeats in history’s forgotten Revolution the Haitian Revolution,

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