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Sugar is sugar... right?
Not so much. I mean, the sugar everyone cares about it cane sugar, but honey and maple syrup & sugar are also playing a role at this point.
And then war. War gets in the way of everything, especially when you end up in a war with the country supplying you most of your sugar.
Twice!
And then there's a whole seperate revolutioin on the other place you are getting your sugar from.
1776 - 1815 were certainly fraught years for sugar in the brand new United States.
Come find out how.
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