The Rum Story is a visitor attraction and museum in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England.[1] It presents the story of the rum trade and the creation of rum. It is located in an original 1785 trading shop and warehouses.
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The Rum Story was started with United Kingdom National Lottery funding from the Millennium Commission and opened in May 2000.[2] It was voted Cumbria Tourism's "Small Visitor Attraction" in 2007.[citation needed]
The Jefferson family, wine merchants, imported wine and spirits for over two centuries until 1998. Their story is covered by The Rum Story.[3] Brothers Henry and Robert Jefferson had joint interests in two estates in Antigua leased from Rear Admiral Sir William Ogilvy, father of Sir John Ogilvy, 9th Baronet.[4] These were York's Estate (which had 146 enslaved people)[5] and the New Division Estate (309 enslaved people)[6] There is also a Margarett Jefferson listed in connection with the Bahamas, and a Thomas Jefferson in Jamaica.[7]
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edit- ^ "Whitehaven - The Rum Story". Visit Cumbria UK. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ^ "The Rum Story, Whitehaven". Millennium Commission, UK. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ^ "Stage 7 - The Rum Story and the Jefferson Family". BBC, Cumbria, UK. 5 July 2005. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1882). The peerage, baronetage, and knightage of the British Empire. London: Nichols & Sons. p. 470.
- ^ "Antigua 20 (York's Estate)". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Antigua 61 (New Division Est.)". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Search". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. Retrieved 14 April 2021.