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Theme journey · 9 chapters

History of Rum From Kill-Devil to the Rum Renaissance

How a waste product of sugar plantations became a world-famous spirit: Barbados, enslavement, the Navy, colonial trade, Cuba, and the return of the distilleries.

  1. Chapter 1Where Does Rum Come From? From Asia via Madeira to BarbadosOrigins of Rum
  2. Chapter 2Rumbullion and Kill-Devil: Where Does Rum Get Its Name?Origin of the Word
  3. Chapter 3Sugar, Rum, and Enslavement: The Atlantic Triangular TradeRum and Slavery
  4. Chapter 4Rum Ration, Grog, and Black Tot Day: Rum in the Royal NavyRum at Sea
  5. Chapter 5New England rum, the Molasses Act and the American RevolutionRum in North America
  6. Chapter 6How did rhum agricole emerge? The sugar crisis of 1884–1896Martinique and the crisis
  7. Chapter 7Rum in Central Europe: Flensburg, Kunstrum and InländerrumRum without colonies
  8. Chapter 8Cuba, Prohibition and the 1960 expropriation: Bacardí and Havana ClubCuba's rum history
  9. Chapter 9The rum renaissance: independent bottlers, Caroni and transparencyRum today

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