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roguetrick t1_j77wqhi wrote

Reply to comment by MyNameIsIgglePiggle in Caribbean breadfruit traced back to Capt. Bligh's 1791-93 journey by Culturedecanted

Sounds like he disrupted a gang of british army crooks, but those crooks were the only people with guns. Bad move.

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culingerai t1_j78av6u wrote

Yeah he basically tried to take down corruption and greedy business intetests but copped a shelacking for it. To this day we are still fighting it.

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MyNameIsIgglePiggle t1_j78iahj wrote

You are right, but I think what's in your head is way more formal than what went down.

According to Rum: a distilled history of colonial Australia

https://www.amazon.com.au/Rum-Distilled-History-Colonial-Australia/dp/1460759427?ref=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=705a0906-9c38-43a7-9c5a-00dcc982e27e

It sounds like it was a pretty rag-tag group of "soliders" that were so drunk they had trouble stumbling up the hill to arrest him

It was definitely organised by a cartel though who had strong financial motivation to keep rum flowing in the colony

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