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.
The Sugar Act put taxes on Coffee, sugar, indigo, and molasses. In 1765 Parliament passed another tax.   Stamp Act placed taxes o â¦ n legal papers, advertisements, newspapers, almanacs, calendars, and playing cards. All of these had to bear a stamp showing that the tax had been paid.