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Slaves Refining Sugar Cane Jamaica Train Historical Old South Americana Life

Artwork: #414 of 440 by Walt Curlee

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Tags: jamaica train paintings, slaves paintings, slavery paintings, sugar paintings, cane paintings, jamaica train canvas prints, slaves canvas prints, slavery canvas prints, sugar canvas prints, cane canvas prints

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Phenix City, AL - United States

Thanks!

Rome, PA - United States

Fantastic! v/f

Phenix City, AL - United States

Hi Sharon, I like telling a story with my images.

Lakeland, FL - United States

This is a story well told.

Phenix City, AL - United States

Thank you Nicole, I always do my homework before doing a piece like this one. It is an accurate portrayal.

Bronx, NY - United States

Very interesting piece of art, Walt. You gave one a very elaborate description of the sugarcane being refined by slaves... in Jamaica. The description was very enlightened. This is a great piece of art!

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Slaves Refining Sugar Cane Jamaica Train Historical Old South Americana Life

Artist:

Walt Curlee

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Slaves boiled cane juice to make it into sugar. First, slaves also boiled the cane juice, ladling scum from the surface of the scalding liquid and then transferring it from kettle to kettle, reducing the syrup to crystals. Slaves routinely suffered burns during this process, often referred to as the "Jamaica Train," and the heat in the sugar houses was so intense that slaves were rotated out after four hours, their limbs swollen from the heat and humidity. Once the crystals formed, there was still heavy labor ahead. The harder the solid cakes of sugar were, the better the sugar quality, but the pieces had to broken up with shovels, picks and crowbars. Finally, sugar was shoveled into hogsheads (wooden barrels) and packed solidly before the barrel holes were plugged with a piece of sugarcane. Painted with a digital paintbrush and Wacom Board in 2006.

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June 7th, 2011

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