Sugar Consumption
"The figures...are still quite astounding."
| Date |
Amount of sugar shipped to UK |
Increase |
| 1800 |
245,000
tons |
|
| 1830 |
572,000
tons |
233% |
| 1860 |
1,373,000
tons |
233% |
| 1890 |
6,000,000
tons |
500% |
"So the production of sugar continued to rise, and at a dizzying rate,"
p. 72
Sidney Mintz, Sweetness and Power, pp, 72-73.
