Tag: European Economic Community (EEC)

REPORT: Slavery Ended In The Caribbean When It No Longer Made Good Business Sense

PORT OF SPAIN — IN ITS 18th-century heyday cane grown in the Caribbean and cut by African slaves provided Britain with nearly all its sugar. The masters of this brutal trade made enormous fortunes. But it has seen 200 years of decline, accelerating after slavery ended in 1838. Now the region is wondering how it […]