Multiple Choice 3 points

Question

Which of the following is not true of the trade of sugar?
The profits from the sale of sugar were used to purchase more sugar plantations.
It was distilled into rum and sold to Europe or New England.
It was traded from the Caribbean.
The slaves bought from West Africa would be brought back to the Caribbean to be sold to sugar planters.

Answer 1

The statement that is not true of the trade of sugar is:

The profits from the sale of sugar were used to purchase more sugar plantations.

While profits from sugar trade were indeed reinvested in various ways, the specific phrasing suggesting that profits were directly used to purchase more plantations might not accurately reflect the complexities of the economic activities involved at that time. The other statements reflect well-documented aspects of the sugar trade and its connections to the Atlantic slave trade and the production of rum.