u/Zeuvembie

This probably sounds silly, but I have only a very vague idea about what the diet of enslaved persons was; I imagined a large part of plantation food produce would go to feeding the workforce, but I'm not sure whether that extended to alcohol (beer, rum, wine, etc.). I know in the Caribbean, enslaved persons were involved in molasses and rum production, but I'm less clear at the availability of alcohol in the continental colonies and United States.