Near Flagler Beach in Flagler County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Just just a spoonful of sugar

The Transformation of Cane Juice into Sugar

— Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park —

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Photographed by Connor Olson, October 21, 2023

1. Just just a spoonful of sugar Marker

Inscription. After granulating and cooling in the sugar house, my sugar was still not ready to ship out. Although it was granulated, the sugar was still wet with molasses. Slaves scored and spaded this cooled sugar into hogsheads, or large barrels, located in the two curing rooms on either side of the loading area. These hogsheads could hold about 1,000 pounds of sugar.

In the warm curing rooms, slaves placed the hogsheads on boards over cisterns.

Open joints in the barrels and tubes made of cane, fixed into the hogsheads, allowed the molasses to drain out of the barrels and into the containers below - a process that took about 30 days. Once the molasses drained from the sugar, slaves filled the hogsheads up with more sugar and they were ready to ship. Some plantations, such as Dummett, had their own distilleries to make rum from molasses, but mine did not.

I can't tell you how much profit I made from a typical sugar crop, but in 1836, following the destruction of my plantation, I estimated that my crops for that year would have been worth at least $20,000.

Erected by Florida State Parks.

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marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Agriculture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1836.

Location. 29° 26.131′ N, 81° 8.601′ W. Marker is near Flagler Beach, Florida, in Flagler County. It can be reached from Old Kings Road South 0.2 miles north of Plantation Oaks Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. Located in Bulow Plantation Ruins State Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3501 Old Kings Rd S, Flagler Beach FL 32136, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Florida’s First Coast.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Riding the "Jamaica Train" (here, next to this marker); Beyond the Plantation

Photographed by Connor Olson, October 21, 2023

2. Just just a spoonful of sugar Marker

(a few steps from this marker); Driven by Sweat & Steam (within shouting distance of this marker); Bulow Sugar Mill (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Bulow Plantation House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Indigo Production (approx. 0.4 miles away); Slave Cabin Area (approx. 0.4 miles away); Bulow Ville Plantation House (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Flagler Beach.

Also see . . . Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park. (Submitted on November 27, 2023.)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2023, by Connor Olson of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 157 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 22, 2023, by Connor Olson of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.