The Bitter Cauldron


Boiling Down Sugar: The Iron Heart of Barbados' Sugar Industry






Barbados Sugar Economy: A Bitter Success. The introduction of the "plantation system" revolutionized the island's economy. Big estates owned by wealthy planters controlled the landscape, with oppressed Africans providing the labour required to sustain the requiring procedure of planting, harvesting, and processing sugarcane. This system generated enormous wealth for the nest and strengthened its location as a key player in the Atlantic trade. But African slaves toiled in perilous conditions, and many died in the infamous Boiling room, as you will see next:



Boiling Sugar: A Lealthal Job

Sugar production in the 17th and 18th centuries was  a perilous process. After gathering and squashing the sugarcane, its juice was boiled in huge cast iron kettles until it took shape as sugar. These pots, typically set up in a series called a"" train"" were heated by blazing fires that workers had to stir continuously. The heat was extreme, and the work unrelenting. Enslaved employees endured long hours, typically standing close to the inferno, running the risk of burns and exhaustion. Splashes of the boiling liquid were not uncommon and could cause severe, even fatal, injuries.







By acknowledging the harmful labour of enslaved Africans, we honour their contributions and sacrifices. Barbados" sugar industry, built on their backs, shaped the island's history and economy. As we appreciate the relics of this period, we must also keep in mind individuals whose toil and resilience made it possible. Their story is a vital part of understanding not just the history of Barbados however the wider history of the Caribbean and the international impact of the sugar trade.



 
The video portrays chapter 20 of Rogues in Paradise. The scene is of Hunts Gardens carved out of the many gullies in Barbados: Meet the amazing male who developed the most enchanted place on earth!

HISTORICAL RECORDS!


Abolitionist Expose the Hazards of Sugar Plantations

James Ramsay and other abolitionists accentuated the gruesome conditions in Caribbean sugar plantations. The boiling house, filled with open vats of scalding sugar, was a site of suffering, injury, and even death for enslaved workers.


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Molten Memories: The Iron Kettles of Sugar's Past |

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