Emerging Scholars: The River of Gold and the English trade to West Africa in the Seventeenth Century In-Person
In this talk, Jack Green, doctoral student in history at William & Mary, will tell the story of how a seventeenth-century art dealer helped convince the English to send a voyage in search of a West African "El Dorado." Learn how this failed treasure hunt and the trans-Saharan gold trade connects with the later rise of the Atlantic slave trade, and the formation of what would become the Royal African Company.
The Emerging Scholars Series is offered in partnership between the Graduate Center at William & Mary and the Williamsburg Regional Library. The series features W&M graduate students in talks hosted by the WRL intended to bring cutting-edge research to the local community. View the complete 25-26 Series schedule on the William & Mary website.