feb 13, 1642 - (Approx. Mid-1600s) The Sugar Islands!
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Barbados and Jamaica, which later was known as the 'Sugar Islands'. In 1675 the English took with them ships with 150 tonnes of sugar on board. Between 1701 and 1810 252 000 African slaves were brought to Barbadoss and another 662 400 slaves to Jamaica just to work on the sugar plantations.
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