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.
âNo taxation without representation!â continues to be heard throughout Boston. 1764. Britain passes the Sugar Act, a refinement of the Molasses Act of 1733, designed to eliminate illegal sugar trade between Massachusetts and the Continental Colonies, and the West Indies.