Yes. Rum was one of the key parts of the Triangle Trade in which slaves were one leg and rum another. Slaves were brought to the Carribean Islands where they worked the sugar plantations, which made rum which went to the colonies in exchange for goods that went to Europe and Africa to obtain more slaves.
However, distilling rum later became colonial New England's largest and most profitable industry.
It was used as a type of currency, especially to pay soldiers.
what was rum used for in the 13 colonies
Georgia.
1745
Land, rum, and slavery .
rum,trees,cotton,tobacco
Yes, the Georgia colony banned the slave trade and the use of alcohol. Georgia begin as a prison colony.
they used rice indigo
Oglethorpe was the founder of the Georgia colony.
Savannah was where Georgia colony started.
when we the colony of Georgia settled
Georgia
The colony north of Georgia was South Carolina.
It was a southern colony.