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.
The regular flow of rum was essential to keeping both armies in the field since soldiers relied on rum to keep u.
To make it, they regularly traded with the enemy French during the Seven Years\' War, angering their British masters and setting themselves on the road to Revolution.
Rum was used by the colonists to clear Native American tribes and to buy slaves.
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