In the book Beyond Massa: Sugar Management in the British Caribbean, 1770-1834, by John F. Campbell, the main focus encompasses and revolves around related issues to slavery practices using the Golden Grove estate in Jamaica as a primary source during the 17th and 18th centuries. The author highlighted the period of slavery of the sugar monoculture era, followed by the development of improvement policies, until the abolition of the slave trade in 1807, and finally the failure of the industry in 1834. The book uses data archives that analyze, revise, and logically modify historical ideologies, thus manifesting revisionist philosophies on sugar plantations in the Caribbean region. It really allows the reader to have different insights and perspectives regarding managerial systems, hierarchical structure, political dimensions, social relations and a relatively new field of analysis: human resource management strategies. This report seeks to discuss the ideas of color class hierarchy, the role of gender and sex, the introduction of the Amelioration Act by analyzing the role of slavery and Human Resource Management (HRM) and finally the effectiveness of work of the writer and its relation to the current course. Historically it would be assumed that there was a “color class hierarchy” with racial differentiations and divisions based on one's phenotype such that local whites and expatriates held the most power while African workers had much lower status. This unshakeable understanding of hierarchy was also demonstrated by the famous calypsonian Lord Kitchener who said "If you're white, you're okay, if you're brown, stick around, if you're black, step back" from his song "if you". You're not white, you're considered black.' ...... half of the sheet ...... perspective hence the title of the book 'Beyond Massa'. Ultimately, I believe the book was a learning experience and a lot of information was gathered, but it greatly hindered application in other courses even though it was associated with the objectives. The book also lacked enthusiasm and the ability to maintain the reader's interest, which can possibly be improved by the use of convivial analogies. The price range of the book is relatively accessible and fair, however obtaining the book has been proposed and published by many due to the limited numbers available to the many students who have requested it. Beyond Massa was worth the money in the long term, however, in short term cases, having to purchase books for other courses posed minor issues but overall the course was enjoyable and presented new revisionist concepts and insights into the workings of the sugar society.