The Cost of Sugar

by Cynthia McLeod

Overview

The Cost of Sugar is an intriguing history of those rabid times in Dutch Surinam between 1765-1779 when sugar was king.Told through the eyes of two Jewish step sisters, Eliza and Sarith, descendants of the settlers of 'New Jerusalem of the River' know today as Jodensvanne. The Cost of Sugar is a frank expose of the tragic toll on the lives of colonists and slaves alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781908446015
Publisher:	HopeRoad Publishing.com
Publication date:	01/07/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	383 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Cynthia McLeod has written mostly on the theme of slavery. The Cost of Sugar is her most successful book which sold 125,000 in Netherlands and Suriname. She was decorated Dame in the Honorary Order of the Golden Palm in 1988 by the president of Surinam. She is the widow of late Ambassador Donald McLeod, and daughter of Dr Johan Ferrier, the last governor and first president of Surinam. Cynthia lives in Surinam and is active in social and educational projects.