Sugar [ Food & Drink ]
… consumption of tea, sweet pastries, rum, and punch. As a popular consumer item, West Indian sugar, which was produced with slave labour, became the target of a boycott promoted by the 1790s ‘Anti-Saccharite campaign’. The history of sugar … 4.01 lb per capita in 1698-99 to 23.02 lb in 1770-1779. 2 Sugar, a labour-intensive crop, was produced in the colonies with extensive use of slave labour. The historian of sugar Sidney Mintz has described sugar plantations as ‘a synthesis … World of Goods (London: Routledge, 1993), p. 177-205, p. 182. 3 . James Grainger, The Sugar Cane: A Poem. In Four Books. With Notes (London: Dodsley, 1764), p. 3; book I, ll. 1-6. As sugar became ever more affordable in Britain, it played an …
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