The History of Rum
Show notes
Rum began as a way to turn the leftovers of sugar production into something profitable. It became entangled with slavery, Atlantic trade, naval life and revolution before finding new audiences in Havana's cocktail bars. In this episode of Compact History, we follow rum from the Caribbean's seventeenth-century plantations through the rise of industrial distilling, American Prohibition and the Cuban Revolution, exploring the workers, merchants, sailors and bartenders who shaped its history.
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