亚太月系列讲座： 鸦片对华走私与波士顿早期财富的积累

 This is a part of the series of Webinars sponsored by 

the Historical Records of Chinese Americans (美华史记) 

in celebration of the AAPI Heritage Month. Our mission is to discover our past, celebrate today, and look forward to a better tomorrow!

How Profits From Opium 

Shaped 19th-Century Boston



Opium profits funded many leading Boston institutions. Thomas Perkins and a brother helped found Massachusetts General Hospital, left, and Perkins donated one of his homes for a new school that would be called Perkins School for the Blind. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR, Hadley Green for WBUR)

Read more of the Original Article here

鸦片换茶叶，造就了哪些新英格兰权贵？Morrison 教授是美国鸦片走私历史最著名学者，听他告诉你这段被刻意忽略的历史。华尔道夫酒店的第一桶金是鸦片钱，哪些名校得到过鸦片钱的赞住？哪位总统，市长，藤校校长的前辈是鸦片贩子？4pm(PST),5pm(MT),6Pm(CT)、

Join Dr. Dane Morrision for a deep look into this hidden early history of the United States and why so few of us today know its existence. Why is it invisible in our history book?

America has much to tell on her history of colonialism, of the past, and of today.

五月十三日 星期四

美东 晚七点， 不见不散

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To change our history of immigration to the United States, we must begin by educating our next generation, join our summer camp special class, presented in partnership between MLCCC and 美华史记： Your children will learn with Dr. Cathy Huang about the rich history of our pioneers and their turbulent lives in early America, and how it still impacts our lives today in the 21st century.
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