Sugar came along at the right time to take the place of tobacco. Another market force at work was the rising demand for sugar in Europe. After the colonization of India and the Far East, coffee and tea were becoming increasingly popular in Europe and hence the demand for sugar as a sweetener for these drinks. Another reason why it became dominant was because sugar had to be grown in a tropical or sub-tropical climate and the West Indian islands were favorably situated for its growth.

Politically, as the wealth started to be generated from the Caribbean, the governance structure was adjusted. Governors were sent with specific instructions to rule over the colonies to ensure their wealth would continue to be reaped, thus causing much hardship on the slaves that was working the crops.

Socially, one of the major impact was the horde of slave that was brought in to work the crop. This change caused a great social change in the ratio of the number of white to blacks, eventually the social status became dominated by colors. This was due to the necessity of workers needed to sustain the maintenance of the sugar crop and slaves from Africa was the cheapest route for them.

Yes, it was necessary for this to happen. After emancipation plantation owners needed to find new means of maintaining their plantation crop (sugar). Indentured Indians was another cheap way of getting this done, due to pull and push factor happening back in their homeland. Also because of the climate in which these indentured Indians came from allowed them to adopt well to the climate in the Caribbean. They were seen as the solution to the plantation labor problem.

 This was so because after emancipation freed Africans who now considered themselves as ex-slave fled from the estate because they associated being there with slavery and cruelty. Another reason is that they now had desire for personal liberty and land ownership. Another reason was that some ex-slaves stayed and work but due to the low wages they also fled from the estate. These ex-slave also desire to have an education as it would help to free them from the bondage from the soil, for them a having an education means having a better life.

 

Religion was one of the main form of social control in Caribbean on the plantation during slavery. During the early period of slavery missionaries were used to socialize the slave in proper moral values.  Mary Turner in her book, The Missionaries and the Slaves, posits that missionaries working on the plantation attempted to use religion legitimize slavery and control the slaves. This in turn allowed the planters to consolidate power in the society.  Furthermore, Christianity insisted on obedient to masters and salvation after death. In order, to make sure that the slaves receive religious instructions the missionaries use Sunday school setting. It is throw this process that the missionaries began to expand school by building rooms teach slaves how to read and write using the bible as a deliberate attempt to form a more civilized and spiritual society.  The Europeans settlers ensured that churches were built in every section of the society.

https://www.slideshare.net/kareemjacobs50/cxc-history-school-based-assesment 

Economic and Labor situation after Emancipation. Retrieve on the 12th April, 2017. 

https://missmango5.wikispaces.com/1a.+Economic+and+Labour+situation+after+Emancipation 

 

The experience of Indian Indenture in Trinidad: Arrival and settlement. Retrieve on the 12th April, 2017.

http://www.caribbean-atlas.com/en/themes/waves-of-colonization-and-control-in-the-caribbean/waves-of-colonization/the-experience-of-indian-indenture-in-trinidad-arrival-and-settlement.html

The Immigration of Indians in the 19th Century. Retrieve on the 12th April, 2017.

https://bigbuddysociety.net/essays/the-immigration-of-indians-in-the-19th-century/ 

Turner, Mary. Slaves and missionaries: the disintegration of Jamaican slave society, 1787-1834. Barbados: Press U of the West Indies, 1999.  Print.  

Whitehead, Neil L. "Carib cannibalism. The historical evidence." Journal de la Société des Américanistes 70.1 (1984): 69-87. Web. Retrieve on the 18 of April: http://www.garifuna.com

 Why did sugar become the dominant crop in the Caribbean in the late seventeenth century? Retrieve on the 17th April, 2017.
http://www.markedbyteachers.com/as-and-a-level/history/why-did-sugar-become-the-dominant-crop-in-the-caribbean-in-the-late-seventeenth-century.html