St Madeleine, Sugar Cane Factory, Trinidad
Image of the St Madeline sugar cane factory in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Printed on fine art Archival German Etch paper
Comes with certificate of authenticity
St. Madeleine – A Silent Witness to History
Once a beating heart of industry, the St. Madeleine sugar factory now stands in quiet defiance against time. Its rusting bones and overgrown paths whisper the stories of those who toiled here—generations of indentured labourers and enslaved Africans whose sweat and struggle fuelled the empire’s sweet addiction.
The Caribbean’s sugar estates were more than sites of production; they were spaces of endurance, survival, and resistance. Today, as nature reclaims this factory, it reminds us how history lingers in the land, how the echoes of the past shape the present.
St Madeleine, Sugar Cane Factory, Trinidad
Image of the St Madeline sugar cane factory in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Printed on fine art Archival German Etch paper
Comes with certificate of authenticity
St. Madeleine – A Silent Witness to History
Once a beating heart of industry, the St. Madeleine sugar factory now stands in quiet defiance against time. Its rusting bones and overgrown paths whisper the stories of those who toiled here—generations of indentured labourers and enslaved Africans whose sweat and struggle fuelled the empire’s sweet addiction.
The Caribbean’s sugar estates were more than sites of production; they were spaces of endurance, survival, and resistance. Today, as nature reclaims this factory, it reminds us how history lingers in the land, how the echoes of the past shape the present.