Posts Tagged ‘1921 Brule’

Brule Boys

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

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1921 Brule, NL Rum-Running

Monday, March 18th, 2013

According to Lehr & Best (1985: 24), Brule, a community on Merasheen Island in Placentia Bay, was a rum-smuggling centre. Much rum-smuggling happened between 1850 and 1950. Newfoundland prohibition (1917-1924)…

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