. >> what you have been, imagine this, 1838 in jamaica, in trinidad, in tobago, in all of the british colonies, the bells rang. they rang and they rang and they rang. it was emancipation day in the british colonies in the west indies. all of those slaves were now free. but there were people who were not happy with the idea that the slaves were free. there were people who listened to those tolling bells and they felt this is a death knell of my livelihood, and that was the west india planters because they said, who's going to cut my cane? and we're going to find out soon how they solved that. but in the meantime, we're going to take a break. >> we will take you on a quick little journey. remember that general, the short general with his hand -- what was his name to get? >> napoleon has this problem. he lost haiti. he sold louisiana. the british controlled the seas. where's he going to get the sugar? he's not going to get it from the brits. they are his enemies. where can napoleon get sugar? >> new guinea? >> that's not a bad idea. the brits controlled of the seas. he can't make use of