The sugar industry's development, despite its rapid…

1840 CE to 1851 CE

The sugar industry's development, despite its rapid growth is not without serious problems and setbacks.

Overproduction, fluctuations in price, competition from the British islands in the Caribbean, and the appearance of a dreaded competitor, beet sugar, in the second decade of the century depresses the sugar market and slows down Cuba's sugar boom.

These problems are further complicated by the British-imposed legal suppression of the slave trade in 1821.

This action deprives the island of a continuous source of labor.

Moreover, Cuba lacks an appropriate network of internal transportation that can facilitate movement of sugar to the mills and the ports of embarkation.

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Havana > La Habana Ciudad de la Habana Cuba View →

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Cuba (Spanish Colony) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Spain, Bourbon Kingdom (first restoration) of View →

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Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View → Industrial Revolution, First View →

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Slaves View → Sweeteners View → Stimulants View →

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Commerce View → Watercraft View → Labor and Service View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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