John Lancaster // AMH 4110.0M01 – Colonial America, 1607-1763 Though largely grown in the West Indies, sugar became an important good for both colonial Americans and British subjects across the Atlantic. Though Virginians like Alexander Henderson—who owned a general store in Colchester—understood their climate was unsuitable for growing sugar at the same rates the West Indies […]
Read MoreCanon Jones // AMH 4112.001 – The Atlantic World, 1400-1900 You never hear salt talked about like other spices used in the 18th century. You never hear some high-class socialite talking in his diary about the shipment of salt he got from some exotic place and how expensive it was. No, you do not hear […]
Read MoreAyla Lupien // AMH 4112.001 – The Atlantic World, 1400-1900 By looking back on the ledgers written by Alexander Henderson, a merchant for a store in Colchester, Virginia, in the 1700s, we can learn a lot about the way people lived, the necessities that they purchased, and luxuries that only the wealthy could afford.[1] We […]
Read MoreZebadiah Barnard // AMH 4112.001 – The Atlantic World, 1400-1900 Sugar as we know it today is a product found in a grocery store and that has many uses – such as for cooking, flavoring food, and preservation – for people in their everyday lives. For most people, the use of sugar is in cooking, […]
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