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Sugar cane being loaded mechanically

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A man using a machine with a mechanical arm to load sugar cane unto a trailer.

Sugar cane being taken from the field

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Sugarcane being loaded mechanically and the loaded carts being transported by a tractor along a dirt road beside the sugar plantation.

Sugar cane cutters

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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.

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Sugar Cane Cutters, Jamaica

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Labourers cutting sugar cane in the canefields.

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Sugar Mill

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

Sugar mill at Green Castle

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

Sugar Mill interior

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The interior of a sugar factory

Sugar nippers

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"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

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"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,…

Sugarcane

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