All posts tagged "rum"
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2.7KMassachusettsStephen Higginson Tells Fish Stories To Parliament In 1771 and Gets Arrested For It
In 1771, the British government desperately needed to know how American colonists felt about fishing policies. Stephen Higginson filled them in, and...
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19.9K2MassachusettsHow the Codfish Started the American Revolution
The American Revolution was to some extent a fight over the big, stupid, slow-moving codfish. Codfish were by far colonial New England’s...
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17.7K1ConnecticutPickled Whaling Captain Captured by Confederates
In life, Sluman Gray was a prosperous whaling captain from Lebanon, Conn., harsh with his men but kind to his wife Sarah....
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