The Sugar Revolution: How Barbados Changed the World

In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the radical transformation of Barbados in the mid-17th century, exploring how it became the laboratory for chattel slavery. We examine the pivotal role of Peter Goring and the influx of Dutch Sephardic Jews from Brazil who brought advanced sugar milling technology. The conversation details the brutal shift from indentured servitude to racialized slave labor, highlighting the 1661 Act for the Better Ordering and Governing of Negroes. We also look at the economic ripple effects across the Caribbean, including Jamaica’s adoption of the Barbadian model, and discuss how this 'sugar revolution' created a new legal and social hierarchy that defined the Atlantic world for centuries. #Barbados #SugarRevolution #ChattelSlavery #PeterGoring #DutchSephardim #BrazilianSugar #1661Act #JamaicaHistory #CaribbeanColonialism #IndenturedServitude #RacializationOfSlavery #WestIndies #Mercantilism #PlantationComplex #AfroDiaspora #LegalHistory #FexingoHistory #History #AtlanticWorld Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo