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SUMMARY:To the Farthest Ports of the Rich East: Profit and Peril in the New
  Trade to Asia
DESCRIPTION:With independence from Britain secured\, in the 1780s American 
 began trading to Asia for themselves. They bought tea in China. They saile
 d to the East India Company-administered India for cloth\, to Yemen and Du
 tch Java for coffee\, to Sumatra for pepper\, and to many other ports in b
 etween. The trade to Asia accelerated as the French Revolutionary and Napo
 leonic Wars (1793-1815) kept European traders out of Asian waters\, creati
 ng a tussle between British and American crews to supply French-occupied E
 urope with Asian goods. This process created a new class of American inves
 tor-capitalists and the first American millionaires. Yet such wealth came 
 at a cost\, as the ever growing and increasingly wealthy American trading 
 fleet was a tempting target for foreign states and pirates—from Britain an
 d France to Barbary and Yemen—against which the U.S. Navy was not always a
  match. \nJames Fichter\, is an historian of early America\, the British E
 mpire\, and international trade. His book\, So Great a Proffit: How the Ea
 st Indies Transformed Anglo-American Capitalism (Harvard: 2010)\, examined
  the relationship between the American (especially Salem) and British trad
 es to the East Indies in the late 1700s and early 1800s. His book\, Tea: C
 onsumption\, Politics\, and Revolution\, 1773-1776 (Cornell\, 2023) charte
 d the rise and collapse of tea politics in North America. His article\, “T
 he Palimpsest Captive” (Huntington Library Quarterly) reconsiders the 1806
  loss of the Salem merchantman\, Essex\, in the Red Sea. His forthcoming w
 ork includes the books\, The Real Boston Tea Party\, and Mammon: The Ameri
 can Revolution and the Slave Trade\, as well as an article on the fate of 
 the Salem merchantman\, Friendship\, attacked by “pirates” in 1831. \nWhil
 e admission to this event is free\, space is limited\; registration is str
 ongly encouraged. \nCLICK HERE to register \nAfter the lecture\, join Jame
 s Fichter for a book signing. A limited number of copies of So Great a Pro
 ffit: How the East Indies Trade Transformed Anglo-American Capitalism will
  be available for purchase. Since supplies are limited\, you are welcome t
 o bring a copy of any of his other books you already own to be signed as w
 ell. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nThis program is part of 
 the Conflict & Community: Salem\, Essex County\, and the American Revoluti
 on lecture series. This series is a partnership between Essex Heritage and
  Salem Maritime National Historical Park and highlights the unique role of
  Essex County communities during the American Revolution. CLICK HERE or mo
 re information about Conflict & Community programs.\n\nhttps://essexherita
 ge.org/event/to-the-farthest-ports-of-the-rich-east-profit-and-peril-in-th
 e-new-trade-to-asia/
LOCATION:Salem Armory Visitor Center\, 2 New Liberty Street\, Salem\, Massa
 chusetts
URL:https://essexheritage.org/event/to-the-farthest-ports-of-the-rich-east-
 profit-and-peril-in-the-new-trade-to-asia/
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