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The Bitter Legacy of Sweetness, Sugars’ Boiling Truth

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The Bitter Side of Sweet Barbados Sugar Wealth. Sugarcane growing started in Barbados in the early 1640s, when the Dutch came to help with sugar production. The island's soil and favourable climate made it an ideal location for harvesting sugar. By the mid-17th century, Barbados had become one of the wealthiest colonies in the British Empire, earning the nickname "Little England."By the mid-17th century, Barbados had actually become one of the wealthiest colonies in the British Empire, making the nickname "Little England." But all was not sweetness in the land of Sugar as we discover next: Boiling Sugar: A Grueling Job Sugar production in the 17th and 18th centuries was  a perilous process. After harvesting and crushing the sugarcane, its juice was boiled in enormous cast iron kettles up until it crystallized into sugar. These pots, often set up in a series called a"" train"" were heated by blazing fires that workers needed ...