Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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... sugar estate . The colonist - settler with his few acres of foodstuffs gave place to the sugar planter with his thousands of acres . As the estates grew so did the demand for labour . The most efficient and cheapest form of labour ...
... sugar estate . The colonist - settler with his few acres of foodstuffs gave place to the sugar planter with his thousands of acres . As the estates grew so did the demand for labour . The most efficient and cheapest form of labour ...
Page 19
... sugar in the world market . They favoured war so long as it gave them new markets . The pro- longed wars of the century did in fact produce prosperity for Jamaica and other sugar producing areas in the British West Indies . For the ...
... sugar in the world market . They favoured war so long as it gave them new markets . The pro- longed wars of the century did in fact produce prosperity for Jamaica and other sugar producing areas in the British West Indies . For the ...
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... SUGAR by private acts of the Assembly , and were allowed. MAP OF JAMAICA Showing Chief Towns , Parishes and areas of Banana and Sugar Production . Lucea Montego Bay HANOVER ST JAMES BANANAS SUGAR WESTMORELAND SUGAR BANANAS SUGAR Falmouth ...
... SUGAR by private acts of the Assembly , and were allowed. MAP OF JAMAICA Showing Chief Towns , Parishes and areas of Banana and Sugar Production . Lucea Montego Bay HANOVER ST JAMES BANANAS SUGAR WESTMORELAND SUGAR BANANAS SUGAR Falmouth ...
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