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Sugar Thesis

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“Sugar” CWT

2/9/23

Sugar has been around since about 500 B.C, however, there is a history behind it. sugar changed the world by marc Aronson and marina Budhos is about the discovery of sugar and its contribution in ending slavery. The authors’ purpose for writing sugar changed the world was to inform how the discovery of sugar and its contribution in ending slavery changed the world.

One of the authors’ purposes for writing sugar changed the world was to inform on how the discovery and advancements of sugar changed the world due to its sweetness, value, and being like nothing ever discovered before. In sugar changed the world, it says, “sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world …show more content…

In sugar changed the world, it says, “by the late 1700’s, saint Domingue (who is now Haiti) what's the world center of sugar. So many sugar plantations that dotted the landscape that slaves called commanders managed other slaves. … they would rise up against their white owners, “and listen to the voice of liberty which speaks in the heart of all of us.” That voice told them to destroy everything related to sugar. Sugar made the Africans slaves, so sugar must be wiped off the island,” (Aronson, Budhos, page 83). This evidence shows how sugar had a lead to the African slaves in saint Domingue hated sugar, so they revolted against their masters and wiped sugar off the island. In sugar changed the world, it says, “in the age of sugar, when slavery was more brutal than ever before, the idea that all humans are equal began to spread-- toppling kings, overturning governments, transforming the entire world.” (Aronson, Budhos, page 72). As more people relayed the idea of freedom and equality for everyone, the slaves revolted and became free from their oppressors. While sugar was a cause in the ending of slavery it had also increased the “need” for

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