Episode 8: The Trade

06/08/24 • 74 min

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At the dawn of a new era after the Seven Years’ War, British officials envision commerce and colonies as the key to British independence and its rising glory, but trade in commodities and manufactured goods comes at an awful price.

Featuring: Emma Hart, Scott Miller, Ann Smart Martin, Hannah Knox Tucker, Hannah Farber, and Zara Anishanslin

Voice Actors: Anne Fertig and Adam Smith

Narrated by Jim Ambuske

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Featuring: Emma Hart, Scott Miller, Ann Smart Martin, Hannah Knox Tucker, Hannah Farber, and Zara Anishanslin

Voice Actors: Anne Fertig and Adam Smith

Narrated by Jim Ambuske

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Worlds Turned Upside Down - Episode 8: The Trade

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Jim Ambuske00:00:07.320

One day in February 1774 a woman named Sukey walked into John Hook's store in the Virginia back country. She was in the small village of New London in Campbell County, about 30 miles west of Appomattox. Hook's store was barely two years old, but he had been trading in the colonies for over 15 years. The Scottish merchant had his new store built on a two acre lot in New London to bring a world of goods from across the Atlantic and far beyond, to