Saturday, September 27

Glasgow Merchants and the Campaign for Free Trade in Asia 1813 -1833

By The Alexander Thomson Society

Stephen Mullen explores Glasgow's role in ending the East India Company's monopoly on trade with China, and its meaning for world trade.

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The Mitchell Library

North Street Glasgow G3 7DN United Kingdom

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Community • City & Town

Until 1834, the East India Company held a monopoly on trade with China. Why and how did it change, and what was the role of Glasgow merchants and companies such as James Finlay & Co. (still trading today) in achieving it?

Dr Stephen Mullen has written extensively on Glasgow’s mercantile history, with particular reference to the connections between its historic growth and slavery.

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Sep 27 · 1:00 PM GMT+1