David M Schroeder: 2 books

When Boston ship line heiress Elizabeth Harrison shuns marrying her deceased father’s partner, former slaver Guillaume LeFrank, he decides to sell her. After Elizabeth is abducted aboard a company ship, she stumbles across a list of thirty other women he has sold. Determined to find the women, Elizabeth...

Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen...