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Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776
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Ian Williams describes in captivating detail how Rum and the molasses that it was made from was to the 18th century what oil is today. Rum was used by the colonists to clear Native American tribes and to buy slaves. To make it, they regularly traded with the enemy French during the Seven... read more

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Like the other British export, the English language, rum is so ubiquitous and globally pervasive that people tend to forget where it came from and automatically naturalize it.

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  1. Ian Williams (Author)

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