Planting sugar canes

Planting sugar canes

An illustration of enslaved men and women planting sugar cane from Richard Bridgen's book 'West Indian Scenery'. The land is being cleared, the field is formed into beds and, as is termed, round ridged and lined off with a chain for the cane holes, which are dug with a hoe and are from four to five feet apart according to the quality of the soil. The plants consist of the upper joints of the cane, which are set apart for that purpose from a previous crop. Two or three of these joints are are fixed in each hole in an inclined position. In about ten or twelve months’ time, they are cut for making sugar.

Slavery - Trinidad & Tobago - History; Trinidad & Tobago - History; Trinidad & Tobago - Special Conditions - 19th Century

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London, Robert Jennings & Co., 1836