Smuggling Flashcards
Smuggling definition
Bringing goods into the country without paying important duties.
What type of crime was smuggling?
It was a social crime (lots of people did it)
What items were smuggled? (4 items)
Tea☕️
Alchol🥃
Cloth🧶
Spirits🍾
What gang were known for smuggling?
Hawkurst gang
When did hawkurst gang end?
1749
How did the hawkurst gang operate?
Worked at the coasts at night
What happened 1748?
Duke of Richmond was asked to smash smuggling gangs.
35 smugglers ended up getting hung
Didnt help tho, there were still 20,000 active smugglers
How much more money did smugglers get in one night compared to a daily wage?
6 or 7 times
Why did people normally turn a blind eye to smuggling?
People were happy buying things for less and some locals would help move goods to the shore from the ships in return of nearly twice the average labourer’s daily wage
How many people in a smuggling gang?
50-100 men, all armed not afraid of the army/custom officers
How much tea was smuggled into England each year?
3 million
Who helped smuggle wine into the country?
Wealthy men and respectable government ministers
Why couldnt the government raise their numbers to catch smugglers?
They didnt have money cause everyone was buying the smuggled stuff and not the stuff they raised tax on
