Expansion of Sugar Plantations in Brazil (1600s)

Name: Expansion of Sugar Plantations in Brazil (1600s)
Start: 1601
End: 1610

Type Event Region South America Time 1601–1610

In the early 17th century, the sugar plantation economy of northeastern Brazil entered a boom, with Pernambuco and Bahia becoming the world's leading…

Timeline

1601–1605Pernambuco · PernambucoPlantation owners in Pernambuco and elsewhere cleared more land for sugarcane, importing large numbers of African laborers through the Atlantic slave trade and expanding production through the estate system and sugar mills.
1605–1610Ports of Bahia and Recife · NortheastBrazilian sugar was shipped to Europe and other American colonies through ports such as Salvador and Recife; profits from the sugar trade attracted more capital to plantations, making the northeast one of the colony's wealthiest regions.

Sources

Slavery in Brazil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Brazil