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Cruzan Rum’s owners deny slavery ties in USVI
Published on Friday, December 11, 2009 Email To Friend Print Version
ST CROIX, USVI — In recent weeks, the issue has been raised of disclosure by corporations in the US Virgin Islands that operated during the slavery era. Legislation which would “require existing and new corporations to [...]

Letter: Cruzan Rum, slavery, and corporate disclosure
Published on Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Dear Sir:
I listened with great interest to the special session of the legislature on Tuesday October 27, 2009 called by the governor. I was deeply moved by the distinct pride and honor in Mr Gary Nelthropp’s voice as he spoke of Cruzan Rum’s rich [...]

Two big rum events this week. In London Ian Burrell’s London Rum Fest concentrates a world of aficionados for a weekend of fun and instruction, including a seminar from me, but more importantly lots of samples and lots of congenial samplers.
And A Cork Above debuts my I-video on rum.

Story of little girl buried in rum told over and over
By Kim Grizzard
The Daily Reflector
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
In Beaufort’s Old Burying Ground lie Union soldiers and Confederates, slaves and free men. In the cemetery is a British soldier buried upright and facing England and a grave marker dated 1756. But perhaps the most visited grave [...]

Fur brigade arrival revisited
Chanting for rum, modern-day voyageurs arrived at Fort Langley with furs for the Brigade Days celebration.
Matthew Claxton, Langley Advance
Published: Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Brigade Days at Fort Langley celebrates the reason the community was founded, more than 170 years ago.
The fur trade drove hundreds of traders and First Nations people into every part [...]

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