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Jamaica's Forgotten Sugar Plantations

Jamaica's Forgotten Sugar Plantations

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While the Blue Mountains and Port Royal dominate Jamaica’s historical imagination, the island’s interior was once a sprawling landscape of sugar plantations that powered the British Empire. This episode explores the lives of the enslaved Africans who built this industry, focusing on the brutal efficiency of the slave codes and the quiet, persistent acts of resistance that occurred not just in open rebellion, but in the daily rhythms of field labor. We examine how the economic pressure of sugar production shaped social hierarchies, including the complex status of free people of color and the strategic alliances between Maroons and plantation owners when it suited them. Through the lens of specific estates like Old Montpelier and the broader context of the 1740s treaties, we uncover how the pursuit of profit dictated the architecture of control and the resilience of those it sought to break. #JamaicaHistory #SugarPlantations #EnslavedResistance #SlaveCodes #MaroonTreaties #OldMontpelier #CockpitCountry #BritishEmpire #CaribbeanHistory #SamuelSharpe #PaulBogle #Obeah #FreePeopleOfColour #ColonialEconomy #FexingoHistory #HistoryPodcast #JamaicanCulture #SlaveryLegacy Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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