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Sugar Production Stories for Children and the History of Slavery

Bibliography

Bibliography: History of Slavery, Consumption, and Sugar

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Bibliography: Production Stories for Children

Aronson, Marc and Marina Budhos. (2010). Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Bizup, Joseph. (2003).

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