History: Rum And Its Evolution In The Americas

In a time of voyages and exploration there was a new atmosphere surrounding not only Europe but also the newly discovered Americas. Of course with a new era must come and new favorite drink of choice amongst the people. For the Colonial age this beverage was spirits. By popularizing a technique known as distillation a new range of drinks were on the rise. When originally cultivated spirits were primarily used for medical purposes. The appeal then turned to how easily people were intoxicated by it and how much easier it was to store. Distilled drinks then became popular mainly because of increased durability and could more compactly fit on ships. Distilled drinks were more easily traded, traders were able to fit more alcohol in the ship much

The Black African slaves arrived in America by a trading passage that was often referred to as Triangle Trade. American merchants took fish and lumber to the West Indies and traded them for molasses. Molasses was a thick brown liquid made from sugar cane and used for the production of rum. From there the merchants took the molasses and traded it with the West Africans for slaves which were shipped back to the West Indies and America through the Middle Passage.

In many ways the two were very similar such as having most of their slaves imported from Africa, and arriving to the port with a substantial amount of slaves. Even though the African Virginia route required slaves to carry cargo, the slaves only had one part of the cargo coming to the same colony. Shipping from West Indies could have been easier to carry double the amount of slaves, but it did not do that. Although the African and West Indies routes produced more than 90 percent of slaves, it changed the pattern in delivering cargo.

Sugar, from which Europeans made spirits such as rum and brandy, played an important role in causing the slave trade because its production required intensive labor on Caribbean islands. Spirits helped to facilitate this trade and the middle passage. Originally, European traders used spirits, in the form of brandy, as well as other goods, to purchase African slaves from African slavers. These traders also paid

Colonists participated in international and imperial trade by using the triangular trade. Although, out of necessity, the colonies sent raw materials, such as fish and fur, to England in exchange for manufactured goods. In order to protect England’s agriculture and fisheries put taxes on goods. This resulted in the New York and New England to buy more from England than they sold. To avoid this, the colonies started using their own ships and merchants, this formed the triangular trade. The triangular trade allowed New Englanders to ship rum to the west coast of Africa, where they exchanged for slaves; took the enslaved Africans to the West Indies; and returned home with various commodities, including molasses from which they manufactured rum. The triangular trade allowed the colonies trade to prosper and for more profit to be

In the colonies, the sugar and molasses was turned to rum and then traded with Africa for enslaved Africans. The slaves brought to New England were not used for labor, they were traded to the Middle and Southern Colonies. The Southern and Middle Colonies were connected to the New England Colonies for trade by ships.

With South Carolina’s fertile land that was great for growing crops, such as rice, indigo, and cotton, it wasn’t long before slaves began being brought into the colony. Many people came to South Carolina from the Barbados and already had a well-developed slave system in place, so they brought it with them. While some slaves came from the Barbados, most of the slaves were brought over from Africa, and more specifically, the west coast of Africa. From Africa, they travelled to the New World via Middle Passage.

Sugar, from which Europeans made spirits such as rum and brandy, played an important role in causing the slave trade because its production required intensive labor on Caribbean islands. Spirits helped to facilitate this trade and the middle passage. Originally, European traders used spirits, in the form of brandy, as well as other goods, to purchase African slaves from African slavers. These traders also paid various hirelings, such as guards and oarsmen, in brandy. However, rum had the most impact on the slave trade. Rum fulfilled the earlier duties of brandy, mainly as the payment for

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Moonshine was especially important to the Appalachian area. This white whiskey most likely entered the Appalachian region in the late 18th century to early 1800s. Scots-Irish immigrants from the Ulster region of Northern Ireland brought their recipe for their uisce beatha, Gaelic for "water of life". The settlers made their whiskey without aging it, and this is the same recipe that became traditional in the Appalachian area.

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Native Americans living on a modern day society reservation, face is always living on that reservation, no hopes for their future and these obstacles lead to one big issue of alcoholism. Junior faces plenty of loss caused from alcohol, and they’re within months of each other. Junior thinking about his grandmother, “But my grandmother had never drunk alcohol in her life. Not one drop. That’s the rarest kind of Indian in the world,” (158). Junior and his parents lost Grandmother Spirit; Eugene, his father’s friend, and Mary, his sister due to someone making the decision to drink and make choices while they’re under the influence. When Junior and the Reardan team wins against Wellpinit, Junior realizes the differences between both teams. “Okay,

In 1492, Christopher Columbus’ western expedition under Ferdinand and Isabella sparked the exchange of diseases, crops, ideas, livestocks and people. This included the beginning of the Transatlantic slave trade. It was known as the Triangular Trade because it has three main ports. The beginning of the triangle was the export of goods from the European mother country to African rulers. The African rulers would in turn be paid a variety of goods from Europe. These included firearm, ammo, alcohol and other European made goods. The second leg of the triangle exported enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas and the Caribbean Islands. The third and last part of the triangle was the export of goods from the colonies back to its mother country in Europe. The first shipments of slaves went to the southern Spanish colonies. The Spanish first began trying to enslave the local Indian population, which proved

The Columbian exchange was also famous for its triangle trade. The triangle trade was between Africa, Europe, and America. It was famous because of the shape it formed after ships were sailing from one continent to another. America used to transport cotton, chewing tobacco and sugar canes to Europe while Europe transported alcohol drink called rum and many goods such as textiles and lastly Africa deliver slaves to America that operated in the late sixteenth to ninetieth

We will now explore the background of the triangle trade in America, Britain, and Africa, along with the economic effects that were brought to not only America and Britain but also the economic effects brought to Africa as a result of slavery and the slave trade.