Sugar output of British Caribbean colonies 1815-1894
In the years between the abolition of the slave trade and the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, in 1807 and 1834 respectively, Jamaica had the highest sugar output in the British West Indies. By the end of the century, however, Guyana's sugar output was more than double that of any other colony in the British West Indies, while Jamaica's output was one of the lowest. Guyana's emergence as the largest exporter of sugar in the British West Indies has been attributed to the relatively successful integration of indentured servants from India and the transition of many plantation workers to plantation owners in the middle of the century. Although the total sugar output of the British West Indies did grow throughout most of the 19th century, it was eventually dwarfed by that of Cuba.
