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Finding History in the Sugar Cane Fields

While docked in Barbados, students in Professor Alexander Nalbach’s History of the Atlantic course had the opportunity to visit several historical sites on the island with history related to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Check out the video above to find out what students discovered about the area after visiting one of the old sugar cane plantations where slaves worked in the fields.

 

 

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