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Molasses: From the Slave Trade to the Great Flood
December 6, 2007
Anthony M. Sammarco writer, historian

Historian Anthony Sammarco traces molasses from the slave trade to the abolitionist movement to the great molasses flood in Boston's North End.

While the holidays evoke the warm scent of gingerbread, the role of molasses in the eighteenth century world economy had a much larger impact than the kitchen.

Business & Economics | History
African American | American history | Boston | Boston's North End | European | Human Rights | Industry | plantation | Race | Slave Trade
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