. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . d experience, capital andslaves, they did much to develop the resources of the many refugees came from Haiti, Santo Domingoand Venezuela. Slavery in Spanish possessions was abolished in 1873 and34,000 slaves in Porto Rico received their freedom. After Alphonso XII ascended the Spanish throne in 1875,commercial conditions in the island showed a certain improve-ment, but politically the situation was deplorable, reflecting asit did all the bad features of an obsolete system of government,complicated
. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . d experience, capital andslaves, they did much to develop the resources of the many refugees came from Haiti, Santo Domingoand Venezuela. Slavery in Spanish possessions was abolished in 1873 and34,000 slaves in Porto Rico received their freedom. After Alphonso XII ascended the Spanish throne in 1875,commercial conditions in the island showed a certain improve-ment, but politically the situation was deplorable, reflecting asit did all the bad features of an obsolete system of government,complicated by a liberalism that was premature. By reason ofits arbitrary decrees and many acts of persecution, the adminis-tration stirred up a feeling of bitter antagonism on the part ofthe colonists. A step toward reform was taken in 1877, whenthe provincial deputation was re-established, and eighteenyears afterward, the home government, in response to vigorousdemands from foreign nations, attempted to pass measures toeffectively remedy existing evils, but it was far too late. The.
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