. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . CUBA 203 portance in that respect belongs to a later period. Up to 1772sugar cultivation was greatly hampered by restrictions of theSpanish government; after that date special privileges werecanceled and the right to grow sugar was given to all Span-iards. This naturally encouraged production, which from 4390tons in 1760 increased to i4,ocK) tons in 1790. The revolutionwhich destroyed the sugar plantations and mills of SantoDomingo in 1791 stimulated the development in Cuba still fur-ther. During the ten years that fo
. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . CUBA 203 portance in that respect belongs to a later period. Up to 1772sugar cultivation was greatly hampered by restrictions of theSpanish government; after that date special privileges werecanceled and the right to grow sugar was given to all Span-iards. This naturally encouraged production, which from 4390tons in 1760 increased to i4,ocK) tons in 1790. The revolutionwhich destroyed the sugar plantations and mills of SantoDomingo in 1791 stimulated the development in Cuba still fur-ther. During the ten years that followed, the number of millsincreased from 473 to 870, and by 1802 the output of sugarreached 40,800 tons. In those days mills were very small, crudeaffairs and were worked by oxen. Cuba, in common with all sugar-raising countries, felt theeffects of the European wars very severely, but her sugartrade revived after the overthrow of Napoleon and the resump-tion of commerce through normal channels. With increased production the question of labor became aserious one. The numb
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