Rum has also served as a popular medium of economic exchange, used to help fund enterprises such as slavery (see Triangular trade), organized crime, and military insurgencies (e.g., the American Revolution and Australia's Rum Rebellion).
朗姆酒还是经济交流的重要媒介，用来增加企业的资金，就像奴隶（见三角贸易），有组织犯罪和军事叛乱（如美国革命和澳大利亚的朗姆酒叛乱）​​。