Bootlegging | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica In U S history, bootlegging was the illegal manufacture, transport, distribution, or sale of alcoholic beverages during the Prohibition period, which was from 1920 to 1933 During this period these activities were forbidden under the Eighteenth Amendment (1919) to the U S Constitution
Rum-running - Wikipedia Police use a road roller to destroy bottles of illegal alcohol confiscated in Serpong, out of Jakarta, Indonesia, April 13, 2018 Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law
Bootlegging - New World Encyclopedia Bootlegging is an informal term for the smuggling, sale, or transport of illicit goods The term originally referred to the illegal transport and sale of alcohol During Prohibition in the United States, many bootleggers brought alcohol from Canada and The Bahamas to the United States
Broads and Bootlegging: A Brief History of Women during the . . . In court, there are accounts of judges letting female criminals go or giving them very small punishments for their bootlegging crimes Because of this, they were less inclined to get arrested or punished, therefore women became ideal to use in the mafia
Bootleggers and Bathtub Gin - Prohibition: An Interactive History In large cities and rural areas, from basements and attics to farms and remote hills and forests across America, moonshiners and other bootleggers made it virtually impossible for Prohibition Bureau agents to enforce the Volstead Act’s national ban on making and distributing liquor
Where the Term Bootlegging Came From - Today I Found Out By the end of the 1800s, this idea of concealing something illicit, like alcohol, in one’s boot-leg led to the term being extended to those who made and or transported alcohol illegally
Bootlegging | Research Starters - EBSCO Bootlegging, also known as rum-running, refers to the illegal manufacture, distribution, or sale of alcoholic beverages The term originated in the 1880s, linked to the practice of concealing liquor flasks in boot tops during trades with Native Americans