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Customs & Excise; smuggling

Customs & Excise; smuggling

In the eighteenth century high duties were charged on basic commodities like tea and even salt. There was an extensive smuggling trade supplying people along the coast and also some distance inland with these goods, duty free. This smuggling trade was highly organised. It involved a complete cross-section of the community, from the suppliers to the customers, who included the poorest and the richest people in the area.

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