SWEET STUFF

A few weeks ago, we visited the ruins of the Dunlawton Sugar Mill in Port Orange.

Here, in the first half of the 19th century, plantation owners and 25 full-time "employees" (slaves) attempted to turn sugar cane into a viable product. Shown above, four of the six kettles in the mill that reduced the raw syrup by heat, thickening it enough to pour into troughs for drying into crystals.

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Brownbird - March 3rd