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.
Sugar Act of 1764 ï¨ Designed to generate revenue for British government. ï¨ Placed a duty on imported French molasses. ï¨ The list of taxable items was expanded far beyond sugar âwines and cloth, coffee, tropical foods and silk.