[Sugar works] – Historic Print
![[Sugar works], [between 1808 and 1816] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/09/0946231c388e-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [Sugar works], a historic drawing rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A watercolor of a Jamaican sugar works, dated between 1808 and 1816, records an estate complex at a time when the island was one of Britain's most valuable colonies. Sugar was made by crushing cane at the mill and boiling its juice in copper kettles, work that relied entirely on enslaved labor. Parliament banned the British slave trade in 1807, with the ban taking effect in 1808, but enslaved people already on the island remained in bondage. Images like this one show the buildings and machinery of the plantation economy, yet they say little about the people who worked there.
| Created / published | [between 1808 and 1816] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor. |
| Genre | Watercolors 1800-1820.Drawings Color 1800-1820. |
| Notes | Title transcribed from finding aid. |
| Subjects | Sugar industry--Jamaica--1800-1820. Buildings--Jamaica--1800-1820. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,438 × 1,150 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218821 |
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