Rum row

Pacific coast offshore rum-runner Malahat

A rum row was a Prohibition-era term (1920–1933) referring to a line of ships loaded with liquor anchored beyond the maritime limit of the United States. These ships taunted the Eighteenth Amendment’s prohibition on the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages.[1] Although rum prevailed along Caribbean shores, other beverages were popular elsewhere.[1]

  1. ^ a b Burns, Eric (2004). The Spirits of America: A Social History of Alcohol. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. pp. 215. ISBN 1592132146.

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