Sugar Plantation Collection

Belle Grove, Louisiana, 1938 (b / w photo)
5672319 Belle Grove, Louisiana, 1938 (b/w photo) by Johnston, Frances Benjamin (1864-1952); Private Collection; (add.info)

Gathering cane on a Cuban sugar plantation, between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Gathering cane on a Cuban sugar plantation, between 1900 and 1906

View of the Catharina Sophia sugar plantation from the water, c.1860. Creator: Alexander Ludwich Brockmann
View of the Catharina Sophia sugar plantation from the water, c.1860. View of the other side of the river with a factory on the left bank and directors houses on the right

View of the sugar plantation Catharina Sophia, c.1860. Creator: Alexander Ludwich Brockmann
View of the sugar plantation Catharina Sophia, c.1860. Garden, factory building on the right

Landscape in Brazil with Sugar Plantation, 1660. Creator: Frans Post
Landscape in Brazil with Sugar Plantation, 1660

A Sugar Factory (?) on Java, 1849. Creator: Herman Theodorus Hesselaar
A Sugar Factory (?) on Java, 1849

View of Olinda, Brazil, 1662. Creator: Frans Post
View of Olinda, Brazil, 1662. Tempted by Brazil's sugar plantations, in the 1630s the Dutch captured much of Portugal's colony on South America's western coast

Brazilian Sugar-Mill, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Brazilian Sugar-Mill, 1854. View of...the interior of the Mill-house on a Brazilian Sugar Estate during the time of grinding, with a Mill of an improved construction

U. S. Virgin Islands, St. John, Leinster Bay, Annaberg Sugar Mill Ruins
U.S. Virgin Islands, St. John, Leinster Bay, Annaberg Sugar Mill Ruins

St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Kitts, Ottleys, Ottleys Plantation Inn, old sugar plantation now a hotel

St. Kitts and Nevis, Nevis, New River, ruins of Coconut Walk sugar estate

St. Kitts and Nevis, Nevis, Cole Hill, Montpelier Plantation Inn, former sugar plantation, old sugar windmill

Crane at a "central"sugar cane gathering place, San Sebastian vicinity, Puerto Rico, 1942
Crane at a " central" sugar cane gathering place, San Sebastian vicinity, Puerto Rico

Sugar cane workers, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Sugar cane workers, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Sugar cane workers resting, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Sugar cane workers resting, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Sugar cane workers resting at the noon hour, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Sugar cane workers resting at the noon hour, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Man in a sugar-cane field during harvest, vicinity of Rio Piedras? Puerto Rico, 1941 or 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Man in a sugar-cane field during harvest, vicinity of Rio Piedras? Puerto Rico

Sugar cane land, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Sugar cane land, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

FSA borrower who is a member of a sugar cooperative, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
FSA borrower who is a member of a sugar cooperative, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

FSA borrower and participant in the sugar cane cooperative, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
FSA borrower and participant in the sugar cane cooperative, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

FSA farmers working in a sugar cane field, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Farm Security Administration farmers working in a sugar cane field, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. This is part of an FSA cooperative

FSA borrowers harvesting sugar cane cooperatively on a farm, vicinity Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Farm Security Administration borrowers harvesting sugar cane cooperatively on a farm, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Sugar farms along the northern coast, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Sugar farms along the northern coast, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands

Sugar cane fields on the north-west part of the island, St. Croix island, Virgin Islands, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Sugar cane fields on the north-west part of the island, St. Croix island, Virgin Islands

FSA borrower cultivating his sugar cane field, vicinity of Frederiksted, St. Croix, V. I. 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Farm Security Administration borrower cultivating his sugar cane field, vicinity of Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. He lives in one of the homestead houses

Ruins of an old sugar mill and plantation house, vicinity of Christiansted, Saint Croix, V. I. 1941
Ruins of an old sugar mill and plantation house, vicinity of Christiansted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands

Rice and papaya in the lunch of a sugar worker on a plantation... Guanica, Puerto Rico, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Rice and papaya in the lunch of a sugar worker on a plantation, vicinity of Guanica, Puerto Rico

Harvesting sugar cane in a burned field, vicinity of Guanica, Puerto Rico. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Harvesting sugar cane in a burned field, vicinity of Guanica, Puerto Rico. Burning the sugar cane gets rid of the dense leaves and makes cutting the unharmed stalks easier

FSA borrower? in a sugar-cane field, Puerto Rico, 1941 or 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
FSA borrower? in a sugar-cane field, Puerto Rico

Cultivating sugar cane on the Virgin Islands Company land, vicinity of Bethlehem, Saint Croix, 1941
Cultivating sugar cane on the Virgin Islands Company land, vicinity of Bethlehem, Saint Croix

Man in a sugar cane field during harvest, Puerto Rico, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Man in a sugar cane field during harvest, Puerto Rico

Lunch of a sugar worker on a plantation, vicinity of Puerto Rico?, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Lunch of a sugar worker on a plantation, vicinity of Puerto Rico?

FSA - Tenant Purchase borrower? in their garden, by their house, Puerto Rico, 1941 or 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
FSA - Tenant Purchase borrower? in their garden, by their house, Puerto Rico

The Virgin Islands, sugar cane country, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
The Virgin Islands, sugar cane country

FSA borrower? in her garden, Puerto Rico, 1942 or 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
FSA borrower? in her garden, Puerto Rico

Sugar cane land, Yabucoa Valley? Puerto Rico, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Sugar cane land, Yabucoa Valley? Puerto Rico

Sugar cane country, the Virgin Islands, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Sugar cane country, the Virgin Islands

Sugar cane worker in the rich field, vicinity of Guanica, Puerto Rico, 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Sugar cane worker in the rich field, vicinity of Guanica, Puerto Rico

Jamaica Industries, an Overseer going his rounds on a Sugar Plantation (litho)
1037177 Jamaica Industries, an Overseer going his rounds on a Sugar Plantation (litho) by Maud, William T. (1865-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jamaica Industries)

A Sugar Plantation (engraving)
965404 A Sugar Plantation (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Sugar Plantation)

Une sucrerie (engraving)
2789889 Une sucrerie (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Une sucrerie. Illustration for Le Tour Du Monde (Hachette, 1863)

Scene on a Sugar Plantation (engraving)
664424 Scene on a Sugar Plantation (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene on a Sugar Plantation)

The Elephant Plough, for preparing a Sugar Plantation (engraving)
1095704 The Elephant Plough, for preparing a Sugar Plantation (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Elephant Plough, for preparing a Sugar Plantation)

Australia: Sugar Plantation, Queensland (engraving)
5218020 Australia: Sugar Plantation, Queensland (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sugar Plantation, Queensland)

Ruins of Rust Op Twist Sugar Mill plantation, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

In a Queensland Sugar Plantation, 1901. Creator: Unknown
In a Queensland Sugar Plantation, 1901. From " Federated Australia". [The Werner Company, London, 1901]

Train Load of Sugar Cane, Cuba, c1910s. Creator: Unknown
Train Load of Sugar Cane, Cuba, c1910s. Sugar cane loaded onto open wagons for transport to a refinery. Postcard

A Sugar Plantation, Cuba. Creator: Unknown
A Sugar Plantation, Cuba. Ox carts laden with sugar cane outside a refinery. Postcard

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"Unveiling the Bitter Legacy: Exploring Sugar Plantations Across the Caribbean" Step into a haunting past as we delve into the history of sugar plantations, where black slaves toiled under oppressive conditions. From the enchanting U. S. Virgin Islands' St. John's Leinster Bay, behold the remnants of Annaberg Sugar Mill Ruins that bear witness to this dark chapter. Journey further to Trinidad's Ingenio San Isidro de los Destiladeros sugar plantation in Sancti Spritus, Cuba, and feel the weight of history on your shoulders. The echoes of enslaved souls resonate through time at Ottleys Plantation Inn in St. Kitts and Nevis' Ottleys village, while New River's Coconut Walk sugar estate ruins stand as silent witnesses on Nevis Island. Immerse yourself in Cole Hill's Montpelier Plantation Inn on Nevis Island, once a thriving sugar plantation now transformed into an idyllic retreat. Transporting us back to 1940s Puerto Rico is Jack Delano's lens capturing poignant images – a crane towering over a "central" gathering place for sugarcane harvesters near San Sebastian; weary workers resting amidst their labor in Rio Piedras; and a lone figure navigating vast sugarcane fields during harvest season. These snapshots serve as reminders of an era marked by exploitation but also resilience and strength within communities bound together by shared struggles. Let us honor those who suffered while acknowledging their invaluable contributions that shaped these islands' cultural tapestry forever. As we explore these sites steeped in both beauty and pain, may we reflect upon our collective responsibility to confront historical injustices with empathy and strive towards building more equitable societies for all.