Supporting Question 1- What conditions supported sugar production and slavery in the Western Hemisphere?
- Source A: Excerpt from The Sugar Barons
- Source B: Excerpt from "Sugar and Slavery"
- Source C: Map of the slave trade
- Source D: Child Labor Coalition, chart listing products produced by child labor in 2012, “Top 12 Products Produced with Child Labor” Adapted from the Child Labor Coalition: http://stopchildlabor.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Chart-of-Child-Labor-Products-by-Country-from-DOL-List-20122.png.
- Source A: Rich Cohen, article about the history of sugar in human culture, “Sugar Love: (A Not So Sweet Story)” (excerpts), 2013 © National Geographic. Used with permission. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/sugar/cohen-text.
- Source B: Image bank: Collection of historical images of the steps in sugar production
- Source A: Olaudah Equiano, firsthand description of the Middle Passage, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (excerpts), 1789 Public domain. Understanding Slavery Initiative. MP3 audio links to Equiano’s account are available at: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6372/.
- Source B: Renny, firsthand description of work on sugar plantations, Jamaica, 1807 E2BN, the Abolition Project: http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/audio79027-abolition.htmlJames Wright of Haverhill, description of production of sugar by enslaved persons, 1791 Public domain. Published in the General Evening Post, 1791. Available at the Abolition Project: http://abolition.e2bn.org/abolition_view.php?id=33&expand=1