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The Spilling of the Tea — The History of Tea and the American Revolution
Victoria Barnett-Woods
November 12, 2024
A lecture and workshop on the historical importance of tea to the American Revolution.
The Boston Tea Party in December of 1773 launched a series of “tea parties” across the independence-seeking colonial ports of North America.
This tea lecture and workshop will cover the fascinating interwoven narrative of tea and liberty, the role that the tea table played to American identity, and a sampling of teas (and historical baked goods) that were at the heart of this important historical moment.
On the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party and the tea parties that would follow in the coming months, now is a wonderful time to know the “tea” about tea.
Dr. Barnett-Woods is an expert on the eighteenth-century Atlantic world and specializes in material culture, pirate studies, and domestic fiction.
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