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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rum-runningRum-running - Wikipedia

    A liquor raid in 1925, in Elk Lake, Ontario. Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. Smuggling usually takes place to circumvent taxation or prohibition laws within a particular jurisdiction. The term rum-running is more commonly applied to smuggling ...

  2. Rum running, the organized smuggling of imported whiskey, rum and other liquor by sea and over land to the United States, started within weeks after Prohibition took effect on January 17, 1920. People still wanting to wet their whistles in illegal speakeasies and at home were rejecting foul-tasting and dangerous locally made industrial alcohol ...

  3. www.wikiwand.com › en › Rum-runningRum-running - Wikiwand

    Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. Smuggling usually takes place to circumvent taxation or prohibition laws within a particular jurisdiction. The term rum-running is more commonly applied to smuggling over water; bootlegging is applied to smuggling over land.

  4. History of the Rum Runner Cocktail. The Original Rum Runner Recipe was a creation made at the Holiday Isle Beach Resort and Marina in Islamorada. In 1972, John Ebert first walked through the door of the Tiki Bar, applying for a job. When he was asked to make up a new drink as a trial, he looked around the bar stock and decided to put some of ...

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  5. Nov 27, 2021 · Our Amazing History: Rum Running. By Dan Rattiner. 5 minute 11/27/2021. Rum-runners thrived in the 1920s and ’30s, Photo: United States Coast Guard. In October 1919, after much protesting by leaders of the temperance movement — mostly women who couldn’t stand their husbands coming home drunk every night — the federal government passed ...

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  7. Sep 22, 2022 · The difference between bootlegging and rum-running is that the former happened through the land by soldiers who hid liquor bottles in their boots, and the latter occurred through the sea. Ideally, rum-running is the arranged smuggling of imported rum, whiskey, and other liquor by sea to the United States. Funny enough, rum-running began a few ...

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