Sugar, Consumerism, and the Parallels between American and English Consumerism

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 […]

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