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In 1944, the Seagram Company started producing rum under the name Captain Morgan Rum Company.Seagram CEO Samuel Bronfman had purchased a Jamaican distillery named Long Pond from the Jamaican government. Among the buyers of raw rum from the Long Pond distillery was a Kingston pharmacy named Levy Brothers. The Levy family had been purchasing raw rum adding medicinal herbs and spices, aging and bottling it. Bronfman liked the rum product and bought the rights.In the 1950s the United States federal government and the government of Puerto Rico created a number of economic incentives to create jobs in Puerto Rico. Taxes on rum entering the United States produced in Puerto Rico were less than from outside the United States. At this time both Seagram's Bronfman and the Bacardi family built large new plants near San Juan.In 1984, Captain Morgan Original Spiced rum was introduced to the United States.[1]Captain Morgan is now produced by The Diageo Corporation
