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'Give to the Labor of America, the Market of America': Marketing the Old South's Sugar Crop, 1800-1860

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posted on 2023-06-07, 23:30 authored by Richard Follett
Before the United States Civil War, Louisiana's sugar production grew from barely noticiable amounts to 264.000 Tons due to an increase in both domestic consumption and output capacity. It proved unable, however, to counteract the expansion of Caribbean exports. This study contends that the slave-owning << hacendados >> had to operate in a very dynamic market in which they were culturally ill-prepared to compete. Their ethics based on individualism and sense of independence deriving from their slave-owning condition, was an obstacle for associative efforts. Thus they acted on an article-by-article trade strategy, causing demand saturation and price dumping which led to the weakening of their individual and collective position in the sugar trade.

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  • Published

Journal

Revista de Indias

ISSN

0034-8341

Publisher

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Issue

233

Volume

65

Page range

117-146

Pages

30.0

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  • American Studies Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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