{"id":150546,"date":"2022-04-27T09:48:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T13:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=150546"},"modified":"2022-04-27T09:48:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T13:48:36","slug":"how-the-uks-thirst-for-sugar-fueled-slave-trade-in-antigua-and-barbuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/how-the-uks-thirst-for-sugar-fueled-slave-trade-in-antigua-and-barbuda\/","title":{"rendered":"How the UK’s thirst for sugar fueled slave trade in Antigua and Barbuda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Earl and\u00a0Countess of Wessex\u00a0were today urged to use their ‘diplomatic influence’ to achieve ‘reparatory justice’ for the island of Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>\n

The country’s prime minister Gaston Browne’s words followed protests during the couple’s visit to St Vincent and the Grenadines on Saturday, where banners were held aloft saying ‘compensation now’ and ‘Britain your debt is outstanding’.<\/p>

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The history of slavery in the nation stretches as far back as 1674, when the first sugar plantation was established by Barbadian-born British soldier Christopher Codrington, who was also a plantation and slave-owner.<\/p>

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Within four years, half of the island’s population was made up of African slaves who had been shipped from Africa’s west coast in horrendous conditions.<\/p>\n

Whilst tobacco, indigo and ginger crops were also grown, it was sugar that became the dominant source of revenue for the plantation owners on the island nation.<\/p>

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Toiling for hours in the hot sun, the slaves were fuelling the thirst for sugar back in England.<\/p>\n

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