Molasses to Rum

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"Molasses to Rum" is a powerful and provocative song from the musical 1776 that exposes the hypocrisy of Northern delegates by detailing their complicity in the transatlantic slave trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf show tune ⓘ
stage musical song ⓘ
addressesTopic New England involvement in slave trade ⓘ
moral hypocrisy ⓘ
slavery in the American colonies ⓘ
basedOnHistoricalEvents American Revolution era politics ⓘ
basedOnHistoricalPractices Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
composer Sherman Edwards ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dramaticFunction character revelation ⓘ
confrontation song ⓘ
political argument ⓘ
featuredInFilmAdaptation 1776 (1972 film) ⓘ
linked to: 1776 (film)
firstPerformanceIn 1776 (original Broadway production) ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1969 ⓘ
fromWork 1776 ⓘ
genre dramatic song ⓘ
political song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
theatre song ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterMedium film performance ⓘ
lyricist Sherman Edwards ⓘ
lyricsBy Sherman Edwards ⓘ
medium stage performance ⓘ
mentionsCommodity molasses ⓘ
rum ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
mentionsPlace Charleston ⓘ
mentionsRegion New England ⓘ
musicBy Sherman Edwards ⓘ
notableFor critique of regional self-righteousness ⓘ
graphic description of slave auctions ⓘ
originalProductionOpenedAt 46th Street Theatre ⓘ
originalProductionOpenedInCity New York City ⓘ
partOf 1776 ⓘ
performedByCharacter Edward Rutledge ⓘ
setDuring Second Continental Congress ⓘ
setInYear 1776 ⓘ
singerInNarrative Edward Rutledge ⓘ
structureReferences triangular trade route ⓘ
sungByIn1972Film John Cullum ⓘ
sungByOriginalBroadwayActor Clifford David ⓘ
sungToCharacters Northern delegates ⓘ
thematicFocus economic complicity in slavery ⓘ
hypocrisy of Northern colonies ⓘ
transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
triangular trade ⓘ

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1776 (musical) → notableSong → Molasses to Rum ⓘ
subject linked to: 1776 (stage musical)