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Sugar cane cutters taking a break to pose for a picture among the heaps of sugarcane and on a sugarcane plantation.

Labourers cutting sugar cane in the canefields.

Design drawing of a sugar mill done by Edward Woollery Esq. of Jamaica.

Image of an old sugar mill located on the historic Green Castle Estate in St. Mary, Jamaica.

The interior of a sugar factory

"In the 18th century, sugar was sold as a big cone called a 'sugar-loaf'. Sugar nippers were used in the home for breaking chunks off sugar-loaves for use."

"Sugar workers wanted now: Venezuela representative Sr. Rafael Enrique Ayala (left) and Labour Minister William Isaacs discussing the need to send a first batch of Jamaican canecutters to Venezuela almost immediately. The Venezuelan representative,…

A colour photograph of sugarcane being reaped, bundled and loaded unto a cart by enslaved Africans