#89: Decolonizing Rum

Kraig from Voices from the Left Podcast and I discuss the brutal colonialism associated with distilling Rum. Part 1: Caribbean rum, slavery, and colonization Part 2: The Social Demographics and makeup of the rum industry Part 3: "Tiki" bars and the sexualization of Indigenous women (Caribbean, Polynesian, and more) Part 4: Solutions, moving forward, and decolonizing the spirit industry. Sources: ^ Emert, Phyllis (1995). Colonial triangular trade: an economy based on human misery. Carlisle, Massachusetts: Discovery Enterprises Ltd. ISBN 978-1-878668-48-6. OCLC 32840704. ^ Merritt, J. E. (1960). "The Triangular Trade". Business History. Informa UK Limited. 3 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1080/00076796000000012. ISSN 0007-6791. S2CID 153930643. ^ Gold, Susan Dudley (2006). United States V. Amistad: Slave Ship Mutiny. Marshall Cavendish. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7614-2143-6. ^ Weber, Jacques. "La traite négrière nantaise de 1763 à 1793" (PDF). Centre national de la recherche scientifique (in French). ^ Vindt, Gérard; Consil, Jean-Michel (June 2013). "Nantes, Bordeaux et l'économie esclavagiste – Au XVIIIe siècle, les villes de Nantes et de Bordeaux profitent toutes deux de la "traite négrière" et de l'économie esclavagiste". Alternatives économiques. 325: 17–21. ^ Morgan, Kenneth (2007). Slavery and the British Empire: From Africa to America. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 62. ISBN 9780191566271. Retrieved 16 October 2020. ^ Kowaleski-Wallace, A.P.o.E.E., Elizabeth (2006). The British slave trade and public memory. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231137140. ^ Liverpool and the Slave Trade, by Anthony Tibbles, Director of the Merseyside Maritime Museum ^ About.com: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 6 November 2007. ^ "Triangular Trade". National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. ^  Jump up to: a b c Curtis, Wayne (2006–2007). And a Bottle of Rum. New York: Three Rivers Press. pp. 117-119 ISBN 978-0-307-33862-4. Follow Kraig and the Voices from the Left Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voices-from-the-left/id1697725294 As always, follow the 805UNCENSORED Podcast, we are on all the major social media platforms including Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @805uncensoredpod. Questions/comments/guest suggestions/episode ideas? Email: 805uncensored@gmail.com Thank you so much for listening!