It wasn't long after the first taxes on alcoholic beverages that someone began to smuggle them. The British government had "revenue cutters" in place to stop smugglers as early as the 1500s. Pirates often made extra money running rum to heavily taxed colonies. There were also times when the sale of alcohol was limited for other purposes, such as laws against sales to American Indians in the old West, or local prohibitions like the one on Prin ...

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Rum-running, Rum-running - History, Rum-running - The real McCoy, Rum-running - The Rum Line, Rum-running - The ships, Rum-running - Organized crime, Rum-running - The end of Prohibition, Rum-running - References and further reading

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A pirate is one who robs, pillages, or plunders at sea, or sometimes the shore, without a commission from a recognized sovereign nation. While piracy in popular conception conjures up the romantic imagery of fictionalized tales of Caribbean pirates in the 17th century, piracy continues to be a threat in the world today. Seaborne piracy against transport vessels remains a significant problem (with estimated worldwide losses of $13 to $16 billion USD per year), particularly in the waters between the Pacific and Indian ocea ...

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• Pirate - Piracy in the Caribbean
• Pirate - Privateering
• Pirate - Pirate organization
• Pirate - Commerce raiders
• Pirate - Modern piracy
• Pirate - Piracy in international law
• Pirate - Effects on international boundaries
• Pirate - International law
• Pirate - Other terms for pirates
• Pirate - Notable pirates and privateers
• Pirate - Victims
• Pirate - Popular culture
• Pirate - Piratical dress
• Pirate - Pirates in fiction
• Pirate - Pirate jokes
• Pirate - Piratical pop stars
• Pirate - Notes

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Rum is a distilled beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses and sugarcane juice by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak and other casks. While there are rum producers in places such as Australia, India, Reunion Island, and elsewhere around the world, the majority of rum production occurs in and around the Caribbean and along the Demerara river in South America. Some major rum brands include Bacardi, Captain Morgan's, Appleton Estate, Havana Club, Stroh, Mount Gay, Bundaberg, Myers, Ma ...

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• Rum - Origins of the name
• Rum - History
• Rum - Origins of rum
• Rum - Rum in colonial America
• Rum - Naval Rum
• Rum - Rum in colonial Australia
• Rum - Caribbean light rum
• Rum - Rum categorization
• Rum - Regional Variations
• Rum - Rum Grades
• Rum - Production Methodology
• Rum - Fermentation
• Rum - Distillation
• Rum - Aging and Blending
• Rum - Rum in cuisine

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Prohibition was any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal. Prohibition - Prohibition in the United States. In the United States, Prohibition was accomplished by means of the Eighteenth Amendment to the national Constitution (ratified January 16, 1919) and the Volstead Act (passed October 28, 1919). Prohibition began on January 16, 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect. The Volstead Act was am ...

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• Prohibition - Prohibition in other countries
• Prohibition - Australia
• Prohibition - Canada
• Prohibition - Scandinavian countries
• Prohibition - Muslim-majority countries

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Rum - Origins of rum. The precursors to rum date back to antiquity. Development of fermented drinks produced from sugarcane juice is believed to have first occurred either in ancient India or China, and spread from there. An example of such an early drink is brum. Produced by the Malay people, brum dates back thousands of years. Marco Polo also recorded a 14th-century account of a "very good wine of sugar" that was offered to ...

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Rum, Rum - Origins of the name, Rum - History, Rum - Origins of rum, Rum - Rum in colonial America, Rum - Naval Rum, Rum - Rum in colonial Australia, Rum - Caribbean light rum, Rum - Rum categorization, Rum - Regional Variations, Rum - Rum Grades, Rum - Production Methodology, Rum - Fermentation, Rum - Distillation, Rum - Aging and Blending, Rum - Rum in cuisine

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Schultz was shot to death on the night of October 23, 1935, at a Newark diner called The Palace Chophouse. Since fleeing New York, Schultz had converted the back room of the Chophouse into his hideout, where he held regular meetings with his associates. Schultz had excused himself to go the bathroom when Charles Workman (a.k.a. "Charlie the Bug"), Emanuel Weiss, and a third, unidentified man known only by his alias "Piggy," all hit men working for Louis Buchalter's Murder, Inc., entered the back room. Accounts of what happened next va ...

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Dutch Schultz, Dutch Schultz - Death

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In the United States, Prohibition was accomplished by means of the Eighteenth Amendment to the national Constitution (ratified January 16, 1919) and the Volstead Act (passed October 28, 1919). Prohibition began on January 16, 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect. The Volstead Act was amended to allow "3.2 beer" (3.2 percent alcohol by volume) by passage of the Blaine Act on February 17, 1933. The Eighteenth Amendment was repealed later in 193 ...

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Prohibition, Prohibition - Prohibition in the United States, Prohibition - Prohibition in other countries, Prohibition - Australia, Prohibition - Canada, Prohibition - Scandinavian countries, Prohibition - Muslim-majority countries

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Piracy in recent times has increased in areas such as South and Southeast Asia (the South China Sea), parts of South America, and the south of the Red Sea, with pirates now favoring small boats and taking advantage of the small crew numbers on modern cargo vessels. Modern pirates prey on cargo ships which must slow their speed to navigate narrow straits, making them vulnerable to be overtaken and boarded by small motorboats. Small ships are also capable of disguising themselves as fishing vessels or cargo vessels when not carrying out piracy, i ...

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Pirate, Pirate - Piracy in the Caribbean, Pirate - Privateering, Pirate - Pirate organization, Pirate - Commerce raiders, Pirate - Modern piracy, Pirate - Piracy in international law, Pirate - Effects on international boundaries, Pirate - International law, Pirate - Other terms for pirates, Pirate - Notable pirates and privateers, Pirate - Victims, Pirate - Popular culture, Pirate - Piratical dress, Pirate - Pirates in fiction, Pirate - Pirate jokes, Pirate - Piratical pop stars, Pirate - Notes

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Trafficking in human beings, sometimes called human trafficking, or sex trafficking (as the majority of victims are women or children forced into prostitution) is not the same as people smuggling. A smuggler will facilitate illegal entry into a country for a fee, but on arrival at their destination, the smuggled person is free; the trafficking victim is enslaved. Victims do not agree to be trafficked: they are tricked, lured by false promises, or forced into it. Traffickers use coercive tactics including deception, fraud, intim ...

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Smuggling, Smuggling - Human trafficking

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In popular culture, pirates are associated with a stereotypical manner of speaking and dress. This tradition owes much to Robert Newton's portrayal of Long John Silver in the 1950 film adaptation of Treasure Island. Many stereotypical pirates have accents which are apparently from Cornwall, or Bristol in England. Popular interest in pirates rose again when the movie Pirates of the Caribbean was released, bringing more attention to the pirate bases of Tortuga and Port Royal. In the 1990s, International Talk Like a Pirate Day was invented as a p ...

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Pirate, Pirate - Piracy in the Caribbean, Pirate - Privateering, Pirate - Pirate organization, Pirate - Commerce raiders, Pirate - Modern piracy, Pirate - Piracy in international law, Pirate - Effects on international boundaries, Pirate - International law, Pirate - Other terms for pirates, Pirate - Notable pirates and privateers, Pirate - Victims, Pirate - Popular culture, Pirate - Piratical dress, Pirate - Pirates in fiction, Pirate - Pirate jokes, Pirate - Piratical pop stars, Pirate - Notes

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In the United States, Prohibition was accomplished by means of the Eighteenth Amendment to the national Constitution (ratified January 16, 1919) and the Volstead Act (passed October 28, 1919). Prohibition began on January 16, 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect. Federal Prohibition agents (police) were given the task of enforcing the law. Prohibition also referred to that part of the Temperance movement which wanted alcohol made illegal. Prohibitionists had some success even before national prohibition; in 1905, three ...

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Prohibition, Prohibition - Prohibition in the United States, Prohibition - Prohibition in other countries, Prohibition - Australia, Prohibition - Canada, Prohibition - Scandinavian countries, Prohibition - Muslim-majority countries

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Piracy in recent times has increased in areas such as South and Southeast Asia (the South China Sea), parts of South America, the waters of the Indian Ocean and the south of the Red Sea, with pirates now favoring small boats and taking advantage of the small crew numbers on modern cargo vessels. Modern pirates prey on cargo ships which must slow their speed to navigate narrow straits, making them vulnerable to be overtaken and boarded by small motorboats. Small ships are also capable of disguising themselves as fishing vessels or cargo vessels when not carrying out piracy, i ...

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Pirate, Pirate - Piracy in the Caribbean, Pirate - Privateering, Pirate - Pirate organization, Pirate - Commerce raiders, Pirate - Modern piracy, Pirate - Piracy in international law, Pirate - Effects on international boundaries, Pirate - International law, Pirate - Other terms for pirates, Pirate - Notable pirates and privateers, Pirate - Victims, Pirate - Popular culture, Pirate - Piratical dress, Pirate - Pirates in fiction, Pirate - Pirate jokes, Pirate - Piratical pop stars, Pirate - Notes

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The first half of the 20th century saw periods of Prohibition in several countries 1901 to 1948 in Prince Edward Island, and for shorter periods in other locations in Canada, 1914 to 1925 in Russia (called "sukhoy zakon", also transcribed as Sukhoi zakon) 1915 to 1922 in Iceland (though beer was still prohibited until 1989) 1916 to 1927 in Norway (wine and beer also included in 1917) 1919 to 1932 in Finland (called "kieltolaki") Several spells between 1950 and 2000 in several states of India inclu ...

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Prohibition, Prohibition - Prohibition in the United States, Prohibition - Prohibition in other countries, Prohibition - Australia, Prohibition - Canada, Prohibition - Scandinavian countries, Prohibition - Muslim-majority countries

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Pirates who operated in the West Indies during the 17th century were known as buccaneers. The word derives from boucan, a wooden frame used for cooking meat (also called a barbacoa), used by French hunters called boucaniers. When these hunters became pirates, they took their name with them. The most famous person associated with buccaneers in the West Indies was Henry Morgan. Dutch pirates were known as kapers or vrijbuiters ("plunderers"), the latter combining the words vrij meaning fr ...

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Pirate, Pirate - Piracy in the Caribbean, Pirate - Privateering, Pirate - Pirate organization, Pirate - Commerce raiders, Pirate - Modern piracy, Pirate - Piracy in international law, Pirate - Effects on international boundaries, Pirate - International law, Pirate - Other terms for pirates, Pirate - Notable pirates and privateers, Pirate - Victims, Pirate - Popular culture, Pirate - Piratical dress, Pirate - Pirates in fiction, Pirate - Pirate jokes, Pirate - Piratical pop stars, Pirate - Notes

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Unlike some other spirits, such as Cognac and Scotch, rum has no defined production methods. Instead, rum production is based on traditional styles that vary between locations and distillers. Rum - Fermentation. Most rum produced is made from molasses. Within the Caribbean, much of this molasses is from Brazil. A notable exception is the French-speaking islands where sug ...

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Rum, Rum - Origins of the name, Rum - History, Rum - Origins of rum, Rum - Rum in colonial America, Rum - Naval Rum, Rum - Rum in colonial Australia, Rum - Caribbean light rum, Rum - Rum categorization, Rum - Regional Variations, Rum - Rum Grades, Rum - Production Methodology, Rum - Fermentation, Rum - Distillation, Rum - Aging and Blending, Rum - Rum in cuisine

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Pirate - Effects on international boundaries. In the Straits of Malacca, during the 18th Century, the British and the Dutch controlled both sides of the Straits of Malacca. Some pirates carried on activities similar to armed rebellion with the aim of resisting the colonizers. In order to put a stop to this, the British and the Dutch drew a line separating the Straits into two sides. The agreement was that each party would be responsible for piracy in their respective area. Eventually this line became the separating line between Malaysia and Indonesia in the Straits.

Pirate, Pirate - Piracy in the Caribbean, Pirate - Privateering, Pirate - Pirate organization, Pirate - Commerce raiders, Pirate - Modern piracy, Pirate - Piracy in international law, Pirate - Effects on international boundaries, Pirate - International law, Pirate - Other terms for pirates, Pirate - Notable pirates and privateers, Pirate - Victims, Pirate - Popular culture, Pirate - Piratical dress, Pirate - Pirates in fiction, Pirate - Pirate jokes, Pirate - Piratical pop stars, Pirate - Notes

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In the popular modern imagination, pirates of the classical period were rebellious, clever teams who operated outside the restricting bureaucracy of modern life. In reality, many pirates ate poorly, did not become fabulously wealthy, and died young. Unlike traditional Western societies of the time, many pirate clans operated as limited democracies, demanding the right to elect and replace their leaders. The captain of a pirate ship was often a fierce fighter in whom the men could place their trust, rather than a more traditional authority figure sanctioned by an elite. However, when not in battle, the ship's ...

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Pirate, Pirate - Piracy in the Caribbean, Pirate - Privateering, Pirate - Pirate organization, Pirate - Commerce raiders, Pirate - Modern piracy, Pirate - Piracy in international law, Pirate - Effects on international boundaries, Pirate - International law, Pirate - Other terms for pirates, Pirate - Notable pirates and privateers, Pirate - Victims, Pirate - Popular culture, Pirate - Piratical dress, Pirate - Pirates in fiction, Pirate - Pirate jokes, Pirate - Piratical pop stars, Pirate - Notes

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Besides rum punch, cocktails such as the Cuba Libre and Daiquiri have well-known stories of their invention in the Caribbean. Tiki culture helped expand rum's horizons with inventions such as the Mai Tai and Zombie. Other well-known cocktails containing rum include the Piña Colada, a drink made popular by Rupert Holmes' song "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)", and the Mojito. Cold-weather drinks made with rum include the Rum toddy and Hot buttered rum. In addition to these well-known cocktails, a number of local specialties utilize rum. Examp ...

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Rum, Rum - Origins of the name, Rum - History, Rum - Origins of rum, Rum - Rum in colonial America, Rum - Naval Rum, Rum - Rum in colonial Australia, Rum - Caribbean light rum, Rum - Rum categorization, Rum - Regional Variations, Rum - Rum Grades, Rum - Production Methodology, Rum - Fermentation, Rum - Distillation, Rum - Aging and Blending, Rum - Rum in cuisine

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Pirates who operated in the West Indies during the 17th century were known as buccaneers. The word comes from boucan, a wooden frame used for cooking meat (called a barbacoa elsewhere). These were used by French hunters called boucaniers. These hunters became pirates and took their name with them. The most famous person associated with buccaneers in the West Indies at that time was Henry Morgan. Dutch pirates were known as kapers or vrijbuiters ("plunderers"), the latter combining the words See also:

Pirate, Pirate - Piracy in the Caribbean, Pirate - Privateering, Pirate - Pirate organization, Pirate - Commerce raiders, Pirate - Modern piracy, Pirate - Piracy in international law, Pirate - Effects on international boundaries, Pirate - International law, Pirate - Other terms for pirates, Pirate - Notable pirates and privateers, Pirate - Victims, Pirate - Popular culture, Pirate - Piratical dress, Pirate - Pirates in fiction, Pirate - Pirate jokes, Pirate - Piratical pop stars, Pirate - Notes

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The first half of the 20th century saw periods of Prohibition in several countries 1901 to 1948 in Prince Edward Island, and for shorter periods in other locations in Canada, 1914 to 1925 in Russia (called "sukhoy zakon", also transcribed as Sukhoi zakon) 1915 to 1922 in Iceland (though beer was still prohibited until 1989) 1916 to 1927 in Norway (wine and beer also included in 1917) 1919 to 1932 in Finland (called "kieltolaki") 1919 to 1933 throughout the United States. If the word " ...

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Prohibition, Prohibition - Prohibition in the United States, Prohibition - Prohibition in other countries, Prohibition - Australia, Prohibition - Canada, Prohibition - Scandinavian countries, Prohibition - Muslim-majority countries

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