An examination of the sugar trade in the West Indies through the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. This outpost in England's Empire was its richest colony, but was built on the human misery of tens of thousands of enslaved Africans For 200 years after 1650 the West Indies were the most fought-over colonies in the world, as Europeans made and lost immense fortunes growing and trading in sugar - a commodity so lucrative that it was known as white gold.
