BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.4.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Tate House Presents Maine and the West Indies Trade X-WR-CALDESC:Portland Downtown X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20230312T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20230312T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tate House Presents Maine and the West Indies Trade DESCRIPTION:On August 30th at 7:15PM Tate House Museum welcomes audience s to another Backyard Lecture. South Portland Historical Society Museum and Development Director Seth Goldstein has spent the last several years researching Maine and the West Indies Trade. Seth will provide details of the significant economic exchange in which Maine provided food that f ed enslaved Africans and materials that built plantations in Caribbean l ocations such as Barbados\, Haiti\, and Cuba. Maine merchants exchanged these goods for what at the time what were considered luxury commodities \; sugar\, rum\, molasses\, cocoa and exotic spices. Director Goldstein will exhibit how this trade provided a significant source of financial r eturn for merchants from Portland specifically\, and Maine generally. Yo u will learn how the urban topography and architecture of Portland was s haped by this economic relationship and the horrid conditions that ensla ved Africans endured to\nproduce that wealth. Seth has recently presente d this research to a variety of museums\, historical societies\, church groups and businesses.\n\nSeth \;Goldstein grew up on Cape Cod where he developed his passion for maritime history. He received his bachelor ’s degree in European History from the University of California at San ta Cruz and his master’s degree in World History from Northeastern Uni versity. His research interests include the historic North Atlantic fish ery\, global piracy\, New England shipwrecks and\nlighthouses\, the tran s-Atlantic slave trade and the Vietnam War era counter culture. He has w orked for Greater Portland Landmarks and The Portland Harbor Museum.&nbs p\;Seth \;has taught at the University of New England and Southern M aine Community College and currently teaches at The Maine College of Art and Design. He is a member of the Atlantic Black Project\; a grass root s non-profit that examines Maine and New England’s marginalized histor y and the regions complicity with the economics of enslavement. \;Se th \;is the Director of the Cushing’s Point Museum at Bug Light Pa rk and is the Director of Development for the South Portland Historical\ nSociety.\n\nAdvance tickets are $12 for the general public\, $10 for Ta te House members and can be purchased by going to www.tatehouse.org or i n our gift shop.\, At the door tickets are $15 for the general public\, $12 for Tate House members. Bring your own blanket or chair and in the e vent of rain the lecture will move to the Stroudwater Village Church\, 1 729 Congress St Portland.\n\nFMI\; Holly Hurd\nTate House Museum\n1267 W estbrook St\nPortland ME 04102\nhkhurd@tatehouse.org\n207-774-6177 URL;VALUE=URI:https://portlandmaine.com/events/tate-house-presents-maine -and-the-west-indies-trade/ UID:urn:uuid:57aec2b4-9354-4a9a-84e1-28d353babd18 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260525T195236Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230830T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230830T203000 LOCATION:1267 Westbrook Street\, Portland\, Maine 04102\, US END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR