Sugar and Slavery: Molasses to Rum to Slaves Jean M. West What’s not to like about sugar? On the average‚ modern Americans consume 100 pounds of sugar per year. It’s sweet‚ and it gives a big energy boost. Well‚ yes‚ there are calories‚ cavities‚ and diabetes‚ but‚ in moderation‚ sugar is harmless ... right? In 1700‚ English consumption empire-wide was about four pounds of sugar per person per year. That certainly seems moderate. Yet in 1700 alone‚ approximately 25‚000 Africans were enslaved
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2 What drove the sugar trade? “Give me some sugar!” When most people hear that phrase‚ it usually means someone wants a kiss. But in the late 1600s and early 1700s‚ people want to plant sugar. True‚ it started some 9000 years ago in New Guinea‚ but it took a while before the rest of the world caught on. During this time‚ there was a movement called the sugar trade. Although there were many forces driving the sugar trade‚ what mainly drove it were the ideal land masses for sugar production‚ the amount
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Many things helped drive the sugar trade. Demand‚ slavery‚ and climate played a major role in the driving of the sugar trade. Demand was greatly increasing throughout the years. The climate of the caribbean islands where cane sugar was grown. Slavery provided “free” work to produce sugar which in turn increased profits for the farmers. In England‚ sugar was not shipped there until the year 1317. But once the sugar was becoming a popular import‚ it boomed. Sugar consumption and import grew tremendously
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! Experimental Method: Does a large amount of sugar affect attention in small children?! Independent Variable: Amount of sugar given to children! Dependent Variable: Children’s attention! ! In a class of 20 kids (average age of 7)‚ 5 kids get 25 grams of sugar‚ 5 kids get 35 grams of sugar‚ 5 kids get 45 grams of sugar‚ and 5 kids don’t get any (the control).! 20 minutes after consumption‚ all of the children take a long yet simple math test. Record who is still paying attention to the test after
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The Sugar Revolution Revolution means a complete change in a system. There was an economic revolution that occurred in the 17th Century. Some refer to it as the Sugar Revolution. During this period‚ several basic changes took place. (1) Sugar replaced tobacco as the chief export crop in the Caribbean. (2) The population changed from one that was mainly white to one that was mainly black because of the introduction of African slaves. (3) The size of land holdings changed. This change was pioneered
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Ingredients: 6 ounces of hard margarine or butter oz 6 ounces brown sugar oz 12 ounces of sultana raisens pt half a pint of water oz 12 ounces cake and pastry flour tsp half a teaspoon of nutmeg tsp 1 and a half teaspoons of mixed spice tsp 3 quarters teaspoon of bi-carb soda lg 2 large eggs Method: Line a 7 inch cake pan square or round. Place margarine‚ sugar‚ sultanas‚ and water in a saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar and margarine have melted‚ bring to boil and boil for 3 mins
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upset with Jerry‚ Sophia always used that word “Sugar” when addressing her husband. Mustafa‚ who didn’t pay close attention to the names when people were introduced‚ thought that “Sugar” was Jerry’s real name. So‚ when Mustafa saw Jerry twirling ice cubes in his empty glass‚ he walked over to him and said‚ “Sugar‚ would you like another drink?” Mrs. Thomas wasted no time in putting Mustafa down. “Hee‚ hee‚ hee‚ hee‚” she squealed. Mu thinks ‘Sugar’ is Jerry’s real name. Hee‚ hee‚ hee. That’s the
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that the author has to create these themes is the use of spoken language. ’No Sugar’‚ by Jack Davis is a stage drama which uses many different techniques of spoken language in order to shape the numerous themes that it presents. The use of tone‚ Nyoongah‚ which is the native Aboriginal language of Western Australia‚ expletives‚ slang language and idioms all compile in different ways to shape the themes in Davis’ ’No Sugar’. Some of the themes presented through the use of these spoken language techniques
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An observation was made on whether or not the sugars‚ fructose and ribose would be fermented in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). By looking at the chemical structures of these sugars given in (Figure 1)‚ we looked for anything that might determine the metabolization of these sugars. An equal 6mL (milliliter) sample of 2.5% fructose and yeast suspension was pipetted into a fermentation tube. The same procedure above was performed with the sugar ribose which has a concentration of 2.5% as well
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Sugar DBQ During the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries the sugar trade was driven by high consumer demand‚ and the slave trade. Sugar was so high in consumer demand and addicting that in certain areas an average person would consume sixteen pounds a year. Evidence of this is shown in document G. The document conveys the annual per capita consumption ( in pounds ) from the year 1700 to the year 1770 in England. When analyzing document C‚ readers realize that the high amount of consumption
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