Sanditon’s Sugar Boycott True Story Explained
Warning: SPOILERS forSanditon Season 2, Episode 4
Georgiana Lambe's (Crystal Clarke) sugar boycott inSanditon season 2 is based on a real event that happened in the 19th century. Set in 1820, Sanditon season 2 sees Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) return to the seaside resort town on the southern coast of England with her younger sister Alison (Rosie Graham) in tow. Charlotte mourns the death of Sidney Parker (Theo James) but she reunites with Sidney's family and her friends, including Georgiana, as Miss Heywood embarks on a new life as a governess.
Georgiana is the richest person in Sanditon thanks to her personal fortune of 100,000 pounds. As such, Miss Lambe is a prime target for every fortune-hunting man who wants to marry her for her money. But Georgiana's backstory is also crucial to Sanditon. Born in Antigua, Georgiana became Sidney's ward after the death of her parents. Mr. Parker brought Miss Lambe to England but she resented her caretaker's domineering attitude and yearned to be free to make her own life choices. Nevertheless, Sidney brought Georgiana to Sanditon. In the interim between Sanditon seasons 1 and 2, Sidney returned to Antigua to settle Georgiana's affairs but he tragically died from yellow fever. Miss Lambe's care passed to Sidney's older brother Tom Parker (Kris Marshall) and his wife Mary (Kate Ashfield), though Georgiana lives with Mr. Hankins (Kevin Eldon) and his sister Beatrice (Sandy McDade).
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In Sanditon season 2, Georgiana began a sugar boycott to protest the continuation of slavery in Antigua and the West Indies. The sugar boycott actually happened in real life. By Sanditon's 1820 timeframe, people were still permitted
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