Coffee Plantations

Slavery

Coffee Plantations

"Coffee was traded through the Middle East, Asia, and Europe before being taken to the Americas by European colonizers. The crop’s success there was dependent on the slave trade. As such, it’s impossible to discuss the history of coffee without recognizing racism and the role of colonialism." [Perfect Daily Grind] Read More

Picking coffee

Pulping coffee in Brazil

Drying coffee by a steam in Brazil

Slaves in a coffe farm in Brazil, c.1885

Picking over coffee

Sacking and weighing

Coffee Warehouse

Coffee-carriers

Coffee field

Coffee sorters

Coffee-carriers

Coffee sifter

Transporting coffee

Plantation scene— coffee

Drying Coffee on the Terrace