What Siddharth Kara has said about Sugar plantation economy
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 22, 2026
Siddharth Kara, Author and researcher on modern slavery, author of 'Cobalt Red' and 'The Zorg', has been quoted on Sugar plantation economy once in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on September 22, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Kara stated that on the eve of the American Revolution, Jamaica's sugar exports were worth five times all exports of the thirteen colonies combined.
“the value of those sugar exports from Jamaica was five times the combined value of all 13 exports of everything from all 13 colonies”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2556 - Siddharth Kara (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 57:08
Episodes
#2556 - Siddharth KaraThe Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 22, 2026 · 2 h 28 min
Siddharth Kara tells Joe Rogan about child and slave labor in Congo's cobalt mines and the slave ship Zorg that sparked abolition.
Siddharth Kara on other topics
- Cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo · 7 quotes
- Apple Inc. · 1 quote
- Slavery Abolition Act 1833 · 1 quote
- Reparations for slavery · 1 quote
- Abolitionism in the United Kingdom · 1 quote
- Lloyd's of London · 1 quote
- Atlantic slave trade · 1 quote
- The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery · 1 quote