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Big Sugar: Seasons in the Cane Fields of Florida

Alec Wilkinson

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Description:In 1942, the U.S. Sugar Corporation was indicted for enslaving the black American cane-cutters working in their Florida plantations. Here research by New Yorker writer Wilkinson ( Moonshine ), conducted despite company obstructionism and cutters' fear of talking, reveals that the growers, protected by the sugar lobby, sugar import quotas and government foreign workers' programs, still treat 10,000 West Indian, mainly Jamaican, cutters like slaves. The author graphically describes cane growing, burning and harvesting, which he declares to be the most dangerous work in the U.S., and forcefully portrays the cutters' seven-day weeks of filthy and exhausting labor, ill-paid on a piece-rate basis (with no-interest, forced savings deductions). Equally miserable is the existence for most in dirty, crowded camp barracks, with little recreation provided and only shoddy goods available to buy.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Big Sugar: Seasons in the Cane Fields of Florida. To get started finding Big Sugar: Seasons in the Cane Fields of Florida, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In 1942, the U.S. Sugar Corporation was indicted for enslaving the black American cane-cutters working in their Florida plantations. Here research by New Yorker writer Wilkinson ( Moonshine ), conducted despite company obstructionism and cutters' fear of talking, reveals that the growers, protected by the sugar lobby, sugar import quotas and government foreign workers' programs, still treat 10,000 West Indian, mainly Jamaican, cutters like slaves. The author graphically describes cane growing, burning and harvesting, which he declares to be the most dangerous work in the U.S., and forcefully portrays the cutters' seven-day weeks of filthy and exhausting labor, ill-paid on a piece-rate basis (with no-interest, forced savings deductions). Equally miserable is the existence for most in dirty, crowded camp barracks, with little recreation provided and only shoddy goods available to buy.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Big Sugar: Seasons in the Cane Fields of Florida. To get started finding Big Sugar: Seasons in the Cane Fields of Florida, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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