Sugar plantation economy
Subject in History
Sugar plantation economy has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Siddharth KaraAuthor and researcher on modern slavery, author of 'Cobalt Red' and 'The Zorg'
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
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
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.