Black History Month: Economic Evolution

February 14, 2012

Bermudian historian Dr. Clarence Maxwell [pictured] will be presenting a Black History Month seminar on the roots of island’s modern economy and culture on Thursday [Feb.16].

Sponsored by Business Bermuda, Dr. Maxwell’s presentation is a follow-up to his 2011 address on the involvement of enslaved mariners in the essentially international market economy of Bermuda’s 18th century Atlantic maritime commerce.

That talk also focused on the resources and contacts that arose from these activities. Yet the controlling systems, such as mercantilism and slavery, were incompatible with the commercial ambitions of all Bermudians, bond and free.

This year’s discussion will revisit the maritime revolution, its effect on black Bermudian maritime merchants and show how the tension created by the daily conflict between Bermudian ambitions and the institutions of the day led to two crises: the slave conspiriacy crisis in 1761; and the gunpowder plot/smuggling operations from 1775.

Dr. Maxwell is Assistant Professor of History, Millersville University, Pennsylvania.

The seminar is being held at the Argus Building, 14 Wesley Street, Hamilton from 5:30-7:30 pm and space is limited. Click here to register.

Business Bermuda is a non-profit business organisation of Bermuda-resident service providers and international businesses which provide quality banking, insurance, reinsurance, legal, accounting, financial, infrastructure, e-business, trust and management services, and products.

The organisation works with Bermuda’s international business industry and Government to develop and promote Bermuda as one of the world’s foremost centers for international business.

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