Sugar and Slavery: Britain’s Bitter Legacy
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Sugar was once so valuable it was called “white gold.” For centuries, Britain’s sweet tooth drove the world economy and helped build its colonial empire—at the cost of millions of enslaved Africans forced to work on plantations in the West Indies and America. At the center of the trade was Bristol, where men like Edward Colston grew rich from investments.
Zing Tsjeng travels there to uncover the human cost behind our addiction to sugar and reveal the enduring legacy of colonial exploitation, from financial institutions to the food on our tables.