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  • New York’s Prohibition Speakeasies

    New York’s Prohibition Speakeasies

    By Phin Upham In the 1920s, a group of rural Protestants managed to pass legislation that banned the production, sale and distribution of liquor across the United States. The dry movement allowed for religious use of wine, but clamped down hard on illegal liquor sales and trafficking. The idea was to try and cure society…