Equal Protection and Race........................................................................................................ 1839. Overview..............................................................................................................................
Sugar cane plantations in the colonies of the West Indies. The older Sugar and Molasses tax charged the customer a duty of 6 pence per gallon of molasses. The bribe to customs officials per gallon of smuggled molasses was 1.5p. The new Sugar Act lowered the duty to 3p per gallon.
Key Points. 1  The Sugar Act was a revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament in April 1764. 2  The Stamp Act of 1765 required that many printed materials in the colonies be on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.