Institution

Belize Estate and Produce Company

1875 · 19th century

The Belize Estate and Produce Company was a British firm founded in 1875 that became the largest landowner in British Honduras. Exporting mahogany and other timber, it controlled a large share of the colony's land and economy for most of the colonial period, and its power was a source of nationalist grievance.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Belize Estate and Produce Company. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/belize-estate-and-produce-company
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“Belize Estate and Produce Company.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/belize-estate-and-produce-company. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Belize Estate and Produce Company.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/belize-estate-and-produce-company.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Belize Estate and Produce Company’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/belize-estate-and-produce-company (Accessed: ).

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