#nutmeg history

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Row of small wooden village houses with garden plots of bananas and cocoa along a winding road in rural St Andrew, elevated three-quarter view, bright morning light.

From Sugar to Spice: How Freed Grenadians Won Small Plots After 1838

After emancipation in 1838, sugar declined and Grenadians built a peasant farming economy on cocoa and nutmeg. How small plots, métayage and estates evolved.

14/10/2026 8 min read