The Great Bengal Famine and the Boston Tea Party

Join National Parks of Boston and Boston Public Library to learn about the Great Bengal Famine of 1770's relation to the Boston Tea Party. Starting in 1769, the East India Company fomented a famine which led to the death of millions of Bengalese. News of this famine traveled across the Atlantic World, from Bengal to Boston, fostering distrust and outrage amongst Bostonians towards the East India Company and Parliament. This program will examine colonial Boston's reaction to the Bengal famine of 1769-1773, and the role that this reaction played in escalating tensions, culminating in the Boston Tea Party in December 1773.

This online program, co-presented by The National Park Service, will happen over Zoom webinar. Please register here if you are interested in attending.

This program is accessible to people with disabilities. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, please contact the Boston Public Library Adult Programs Department via [email protected] or 617-859-2129. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange for accommodations.

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