Sugar Revolutions In African American Essay

The increasing trend on coffeehouses among middle-class English people in the late 1600s and the introduction of tea from china associated with sugar put England as a leading country of world consumption. British’s growing interest in coffee and tea greatly increased the demand for sugar which had a significant effect on the world and its people. Development of sugar required many steps to process. First, a place was needed where sugars can be planted. Second, there was a need of cheap labors to work on the plantations. British’s had both a place where they can grow the sugar and a great demand in England with a great availability of cheap slaves. High demands of sugar, a land to expand plantations and a great source of labors were all connected

British’s actually tried to bring those peasants from Europe but this plan didn’t work well because European people couldn’t adopt the Caribbean environment and most of them died as a result. Since the Africans were living in a similar climate as Caribbeans, British had an idea to bring some of the African’s to the Caribbean island and try them if they can survive and work as labors. Among all these people from different countries, Africans were able to survive a lot better than the others. In those sugars plantations, slaves were treated barbarically. Once those labors were brought to Caribbeans, their all civil right were taken away. Slaves were kept in a state of ignorance about their human rights. They were never allowed to rebel against their position; rebelling against their master’s rules would cost them death. Therefore, sugars that were sent back to England from the Caribbeans were not only made out of hard working and laboring but also blood and cry of these poor slaves. Rising demand of sugar leads to the institution of slavery because farmers didn’t want to pay the workers, and Africa was chosen as the source of slaves because they were viewed as