First published by UNC Press in 1972, Sugar and Slaves presents a vivid portrait of English life in the Caribbean more than three centuries ago. Using a host of contemporary primary sources, Richard Dunn traces the development of plantation slave society in the region. He examines sugar production techniques, the vicious character of the slave trade, the problems of adapting English ways to the tropics, and the appalling mortality rates for both blacks and whites that made these colonies the richest, but in human terms the least successful, in English America.

Winner of the 1973 Walter D. Love Memorial Prize, Conference of British Studies. Winner of the 1972 Jamestown Prize, Institute of Early American History and Culture.

About the Author
Richard S. Dunn is director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.


Book Information
ISBN 9780807848777
Author Richard S. Dunn
Format Paperback
Page Count 392
Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Weight(grams) 546g