Jamaica • Rum (1655) — The Drink Made For Slaves That Ended Up Funding Empires And Pirates
Jamaica's rum was born in 1655 when England seized the island from Spain and inherited its sugar estates worked by enslaved Africans. The molasses left over from sugar production became kill-devil — the drink that financed the slave trade, supplied the Royal Navy, fueled pirates from Blackbeard to the Caribbean buccaneers, and triggered the political fury that contributed to the American Revolution. This is the full economic story behind the world's most historically loaded spirit. #JamaicanRum #HistoryOfRum #SlaveTradeHistory #BritishEmpire #CaribbeanHistory #RumHistory #EconomicHistory
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