The Great Bengal Famine and the Boston Tea Party

When:
Wednesday, Mar 27, 2024 6:00p -
7:00p

Where:
Online event
Surrounding areas
Boston, MA 02110

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Admission:
FREE

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Categories:
Classes, History, Lectures & Conferences, Virtual

Event website:
https://boston-public-library.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uDmbrbhmT3OkR131PsbfLg?fbclid=IwAR3CRHdwcZahfRMRbnMtPD9aYQ72gZMn_jpHjqccPyUF-qUah5nhZIdCrPY#/registration

The Great Bengal Famine, which was manufactured by the East India Company through coerced monocropping of tea, led to the death of an estimated 2 million Bengalese. News of this famine traveled across the Atlantic World, from Bengal to Boston, fostering distrust, outrage, and disgust towards to East India amongst Bostonians.


This program will examine colonial Boston's reaction to the Bengal famine of 1769-1773, and the role that this reaction played in the escalating tensions between Bostonians, the British Parliament, and the East India Company, culminating in the Boston Tea Party in December 1773.

The program is free but registration is required. Please register here:

https://boston-public-library.zoom.us/.../WN...


This is one of several programs presented this winter/spring by the National Park Service and the Boston Public Library.

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