Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776 by Ian Williams

Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776

Ian Williams

368 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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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 trad...

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