Books, Rum, And Then Some

Books, Rum, And Then Some

Louisiana

Rum Rotation (May 2026)
Sugarfield party of 5
May 23 • Javaun Francis
Colonial experiment gone rogue
New Orleans, “un beau désordre”
May 15 • Javaun Francis
(#1) Series: can’t cover them all
Snippets from the library x May 2026
May 8 • Javaun Francis
Studies on Black colonial Louisiana
Lot of non-fiction, a bit of historical fiction
May 1 • Javaun Francis
Brick by brick
The future of Louisiana rum
Apr 30 • Javaun Francis
Dear friend
Cheramie Rum
Jan 30 • Javaun Francis
Opposé.
The House That Sugarcane Built + The Founding of New Acadia
Jan 28 • Javaun Francis
Sugar & rum at the economic center of pre-independence America
Rum and the American Revolution: The Rum Trade and the Balance of Payments of the Thirteen Continental Colonies (Volume 1)
Jan 21 • Javaun Francis
Labor substitution, strikes, violence, and silence
Coolies and Cane + The Thibodaux Massacre
Jan 14 • Javaun Francis
“Southern Louisiana was—as it is to this day—a place unto itself.”
Reconstruction in the Cane Fields: From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana’s Sugar Parishes 1862—1880
Jan 9 • Javaun Francis
Collecting (January 2026)
All rum
Jan 1 • Javaun Francis
One Southerner’s perspective on Louisiana and the Civil War
Louisiana Sugar Plantations During the Civil War
Dec 31, 2025 • Javaun Francis
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