Summary
This news series explores how sugar, once a luxury item, became linked to slavery, unfair labor, and environmental damage. It looks at sugar’s history from 19th-century plantations to modern factories around the world and shows how its production still affects people and nature today.
Key Facts
- Sugar production relied on slave labor in the 19th century.
- It helped build colonial empires and international trade systems.
- Modern sugar factories exist in countries like the Dominican Republic, Brazil, India, and South Africa.
- Sugar farming and refining have caused social problems and harm to the environment.
- The series uses eyewitness accounts, old documents, interviews, and field reports.
- Communities are working to regain land, dignity, and fair production practices.
- The series highlights the ongoing impact of sugar’s troubled past on today’s world.
