Camp Gérard

Guillon

Santo

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INTRODUCTION

The Sugar Mills

In the history of sugar production in the Caribbean, Haiti has two distinctive characteristics. In the early 16th century, during Spanish colonization, Haiti was the first territory in the Americas where slave sugar production was established. Then, under French colonization in the 18th century, Haiti became the world’s largest producer of white and brown sugar. This second characteristic implied higher concentrations of slaves and production facilities.