The popularity of distilled rum promoted:
a. Calls for its prohibition, especially in the southern American colonies.
b. The manumission of slaves, as freedmen were considered better sources of labor.
c. The establishment of sugar cane plantations in Canada and New England.
d. The expansion of sugar planting and slavery, to their peak after 1750.
d. The expansion of sugar planting and slavery, to their peak after 1750.
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What will be an ideal response?
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What will be an ideal response?