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Cuba's Sugar Boom: The Last Wave of the Atlantic Slave Trade
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the final surge of the transatlantic slave trade, driven by Cuba's booming sugar industry in the 19th century. They focus on the period from 1791 to 1867, when Cuba became the world's leading sugar producer and imported over 600,000 enslaved Africans—more than any other island in the Caribbean. Lucas details the rise of the ingenio sugar mill, the brutal conditions on plantations, and the role of the Spanish colonial government in perpetuating the trade despite international abolition. Key figures include Francisco de Arango y Parreño, the…
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