▁plant ed . ▁▁ ▁Sub sequently , ▁black ▁pe asant ▁far mers ▁on ▁Ne vis ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁grow ▁more ▁su sten ance ▁cro ps ▁than ▁their ▁counter parts ▁on ▁Ne vis . ▁ ▁While ▁not ▁leg ally ▁bar red ▁from ▁ow ning ▁land , ▁most ▁black s ▁were ▁pract ically ▁bar red ▁from ▁ow ning ▁land ▁through ▁suppress ive ▁economic ▁practices . ▁▁▁ ▁Their ▁surv ival ▁thus ▁continued ▁to ▁rely ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁on ▁the ▁wh ims ▁of ▁the ▁white ▁land ▁ow ning ▁class . ▁ ▁If ▁black s ▁did ▁manage ▁to ▁ear n ▁extra ▁income , ▁they ▁would ▁not ▁find ▁any ▁banks ▁on ▁either ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁islands . ▁ ▁Work ers ▁would ▁either ▁hide ▁co ins ▁in ▁their ▁homes ▁or ▁purchase ▁liv est ock ▁as ▁an ▁invest ment . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁dec ades ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁sugar ▁prices ▁fell ▁after ▁German ▁be et ▁sugar ▁hit ▁English ▁mark ets . ▁ ▁The ▁en su ing ▁de pression ▁hit ▁Af ro - K itt iti ans ▁and ▁Ne vis ians ▁especially ▁hard . ▁ ▁As ▁in ▁previous ▁years ▁many ▁migr ated ▁to ▁other ▁islands , ▁especially ▁Tr in idad , ▁for ▁work . ▁ ▁Those ▁that ▁remained ▁were ▁in ▁a ▁state ▁of ▁star v ation ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁fr ustr ated ▁workers ▁set ▁fire ▁to ▁several ▁sugar ▁can e ▁fields . ▁ ▁Notable ▁Af ro - K itt it ian ▁and ▁Ne vis ians ▁V ance ▁Am ory ▁former ▁premier