To Traschel: start with Denise Herd, `We cannot stagger to freedom': a history Blacks and alcohol in American politics, pp. 141-186 in Leon Brill and Charles Winick, Yearbook of Substance Use and Abuse, vol. 3, 1985 (New york: Human Sciences Press). There's also some mention in Genovese, Roll Jordan Roll. Robin Room [log in to unmask]