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Corporation · est. 1891

American Sugar Refining (Domino)

The Havemeyer sugar-refining empire behind Domino was built on slave-grown cane.

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The Havemeyer family's refineries — consolidated as the American Sugar Refining Company, maker of Domino sugar — processed enormous quantities of slave-grown sugarcane, with Cuban and Caribbean slavery central to its raw-sugar supply through the 19th century.

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    The Domino sugar empire processed slave-grown cane.