The Popularity of Rum Promoted

question 28

Multiple Choice

The popularity of rum promoted:

• A) Calls for its prohibition, especially in the southern American colonies.
• B) The manumission of slaves, as freedmen were considered better sources of labor.
• C) The establishment of sugar cane plantations in Canada and New England.
• D) The expansion of sugar planting and slavery, to their peak after 1750.

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