Slave-produced sugar refers to sugar cane plantations in the New World (particularly in Caribbean) where African slaves were used for labor-intensive cultivation and processing of sugar.
Imagine if your school project group had one person doing all the hard work while everyone else reaped benefits without contributing much effort or resources. That's what happened with slave-produced sugar; slaves did all hard work while plantation owners profited immensely.
Plantations: These are large agricultural estates typically found in tropical or subtropical climates where crops like sugarcane are grown on a large scale.
Cash Crops: These are crops produced mainly for sale rather than for use by those who cultivate them. Sugar was a major cash crop during the colonial period.
Indentured Servitude: This refers to a system where people (indentured servants) signed contracts (indentures) agreeing to work for a certain number of years in exchange for passage to the New World. It was another form of labor exploitation.
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