The sugar economy of what island(s)became a model for the later plantations of Brazil and the Caribbean?

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Sao Tome became a model for the sugar economy that was later adopted in Brazil and the Caribbean. Its successful sugar plantations in the 15th and 16th centuries demonstrated the profitability of using enslaved Africans for labor in sugar cultivation, a model that was replicated in the New World.

The Sugar Economy of What Island(s)became a Model for the Later