The Smuggler's Secrets is a Historical Character Mystery that is part of Caroline's books.
Characters[]
From the Central Series[]
Introduced[]
- Sidney Lennox
- Mr. and Mrs. Zahn
- Peter Zahn
- Flora Pemberton
- Mr. Pemberton
- Mr. and Mrs. Skelley
- Mr. and Mrs. Aabink
Chapter By Chapter Summary[]
Chapter One: Trouble on the Road[]
Chapter Two: Smugglers![]
Chapter Three: An Argument[]
Chapter Four: Searching for Clues[]
Chapter Five: A Terrible Loss[]
Chapter Six: An Unexpected Discovery[]
Chapter Seven: Suspicions[]
Chapter Eight: The Deputies[]
Chapter Nine: Fire![]
Chapter Ten: Under Arrest[]
Chapter Eleven: Likely Suspects[]
Chapter Twelve: The Quilting Bee[]
Chapter Thirteen: Searching for Evidence[]
Chapter Fourteen: Answers--and More Questions[]
Chapter Fifteen: Back to Pemberton Cove[]
Chapter Sixteen: A New Suspect[]
Chapter Seventeen: Home Again[]
Inside Caroline's World[]
Discusses smuggling during the War of 1812. Topics covered:
- Relations between the United States and Upper Canada prior to the war's beginning, with trading regulations changing as tension increased between the two countries.
- Americans being forced to only buy American-made products and to only sell their goods within the United States, due to a law passed in 1807.
- The new trading laws being passed to prove the United States was strong and independent, and to create hardships for British colonists.
- Hardships Americans faced because of the new trading laws, especially for farmers and shopkeepers along the border who found it easier and cheaper to trade with buyers in Upper Canada.
- The increase in payment through smuggling once the war began, with the British willing to pay high prices for food to feed their troops.
- Smuggling earning more income through the selling of potash, and the use of potash to make cloth and gunpowder in English factories.
- The attempts to stop smuggling being difficult due to displeasure over the new trading laws, and the sympathy felt towards struggling farmers and the smugglers.
- Jacob Jennings Brown, a businessman so well known for smuggling that he acquired the nickname "Potash Brown".
References[]
- ↑ Pg 5. [Caroline had] been able to go home for a short visit, but now Uncle Aaron and Lydia had come to fetch her again. Caroline returned to Sackets Harbor during the beginning of Traitor in the Shipyard.