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Ambitious Vision for Sugar Trade and Caribbean Isles
A 1760 Edinburgh Chronicle excerpt argues for reshaping Britain’s Caribbean empire to boost sugar profits. It cites Dominica St Vincent Tobago Jamaica Barbadoes and argues on strategic grounds that English control and trade with neutral islands could shift the balance, citing Dutch and French colonies and long-term gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aix
Dominica
St-Vincent’s
Tobago
Agnerica
Jamaica
Gow
Brazils
America
Europe
Surinam
Effecabo
Camarara River
St Eustatius
Cayen
Barbadoes
Martinico
Hispasiola
Guadalupe
Marigalante
St Bartholomew
St Martin's
Barbadogs
Antigua
Bay
North” America
Patt Hive
Great ‘Britain
Great Britain
St Vincent's
CIA